Tracking bug for deploying DERP, the "Detour Encrypted Routing Protocol".
Tailscale tries to send traffic directly between peers, traversing NATs as needed, but sometimes no path is possible or it takes some time to find a path, so DERP is the ultimate fallback that routes encrypted packets through the cloud.
DERP is somewhat implemented & tested, but not enough, and it's not yet deployed + used.
Tracking bug for deploying DERP, the "Detour Encrypted Routing Protocol".
Tailscale tries to send traffic directly between peers, traversing NATs as needed, but sometimes no path is possible or it takes some time to find a path, so DERP is the ultimate fallback that routes encrypted packets through the cloud.
DERP is somewhat implemented & tested, but not enough, and it's not yet deployed + used.