Company
Date Published
Feb. 7, 2024
Author
Michael Keane
Word count
2447
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The traditional definition of Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) as the combination of Security Service Edge (SSE) and Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) is insufficient, leading to performance and security tradeoffs. Single-vendor SASE is a critical trend that aims to converge disparate security and networking technologies. Cloudflare has launched updates to its SASE platform, Cloudflare One, to further the promise of single-vendor SASE architecture. These updates include flexible on-ramps for site-to-site connectivity, new WAN-as-a-service (WANaaS) capabilities, and Zero Trust connectivity for DevOps. The Magic WAN Connector is a lightweight device that customers can use to establish zero-touch connectivity to Cloudflare One, replacing other networking hardware such as legacy SD-WAN devices, routers, and firewalls.