When:?Wednesday, 29th March 2023, 6:30pm to 10:00pm
Where:?Playground - Creative Space, Ritterstra?e 26, Berlin, Germany
Hosting Organization:?Nord Security Berlin
Participation Fee:?Free Entrance
Agenda:?Socializing, Host Intro, Talk 1, Talk 2, Socializing, Talk 3, Talk 4, Talk 5, Socializing
Topics covered:?NordVPN and Nord Security (Host Intro), Introduction to NordVPN Meshnet (Talk 1), Meshnet Tech Stack (Talk 2), Meshnet on mobile (Android) devices (Talk 3), Security and Privacy in Meshnet (Talk 4), Use Case - Accessing devices in your home network (Talk 5)
I've learned something today:
- Nord Security is a lithuanian startup and famous for its service NordVPN. Last year they reached unicorn status. They are headquartered in Vilnius, Lithuania, but also have offices with 200+ employees in Berlin.
- In the beginning of March of this year they made its Meshnet private tunnel free for everyone and put the underlying code open source.
- A few years ago Nord Security shifted their strategy and decided to offer a comprehensive?cybersecurity suite instead of just a VPN.
- Among others the following use cases are supported by Meshnet: setting up a remote media library (basically your own Netflix), playing LAN games and sharing large files.
- "Meshnet is powered by NordLynx, a protocol based on Wireguard. WireGuard is an excellent tunneling protocol. It is open, secure, lightweight, lean, and – thanks to the in-kernel implementations like in the Linux kernel or the Windows NT kernel – really, really fast." (see NordVPN blog article)
