Audience
VPN software for organizations
About Nebula
Innovative companies with high expectations of availablility and reliability run their networks with Nebula. Slack open sourced the project after years of R&D and deploying it at scale. Nebula is a lightweight service that’s easy to distribute and configure on modern operating systems. It runs on a wide variety of hardware including x86, arm, mips, and ppc. Traditional VPNs come with availability and performance bottlenecks. Nebula is decentralized: Encrypted tunnels are created per-host and on-demand as needed. Created by security engineers, Nebula leverages trusted crypto libraries (Noise), includes a built-in firewall with granular security groups, and uses the best parts of PKI to authenticate hosts.
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Company Information
Defined Networking
Founded: 2020
United States
www.defined.net
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Product Details
Platforms Supported
Cloud
iPhone
iPad
Android
Training
Documentation
Support
Online
Nebula Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What kinds of users and organization types does Nebula work with?
Nebula works with these users and organization types: Mid Size Business, Small Business, Enterprise, Freelance, Nonprofit, Government, and Startup.
Q: What languages does Nebula support in their product?
Nebula supports these languages: English.
Q: What kind of support options does Nebula offer?
Nebula offers support via online.
Q: Does Nebula have a mobile app?
Yes, Nebula has a mobile app for iPad, iPhone, and Android.
Q: What type of training does Nebula provide?
Nebula provides training in the form of documentation.
