#networking
5 articles exploring networking. Expert insights and analysis from our editorial team.
Articles
Azure NAT Gateway Blocks [Tailscale Direct Connect](/articles/crawshaws-i-am-building-a-cloud-what-a-tailscale-co-founders-solo-stack-implies/); v1.96.2 Fixes Container Relay Scaling for AKS
Azure NAT Gateway's Hard NAT forces Tailscale onto DERP; a public-subnet Peer Relay bypasses it. v1.96.2 fixes container GOMAXPROCS socket scaling for AKS relay instances.
Ingress-Nginx Is Dead, Not Deprecated: The Final CVE Patches Shipped, But [Platform Teams](/articles/crawshaws-i-am-building-a-cloud-what-a-tailscale-co-founders-solo-stack-implies/) Still Need a Migration Plan
ingress-nginx was retired March 24, 2026. CVE-2026-4342 patches shipped March 19, but no future fixes are coming. How platform teams should pick a migration path.
Tailscale Peer Relays Behind Azure NAT Gateway: Why the DERP Fallback Hides a Throughput Cliff
Azure NAT Gateway silently forces Tailscale into DERP relay fallback, capping throughput. A Peer Relay in a public subnet with a static UDP endpoint restores direct-path.
Google Cloud Is Doubling Peering Egress Costs on May 1. Here's What to Audit Before Then
GCP doubles North America CDN Interconnect and Direct Peering rates May 1. Here's how to find your exposure in 10 minutes and rank your mitigation options.
Tailscale Peer Relays: The Missing Piece for True P2P Networking
Tailscale Peer Relays became generally available on February 18, 2026, enabling high-throughput peer-to-peer relaying within your own infrastructure. This feature eliminates the performance bottleneck of DERP servers when NAT traversal fails, delivering true mesh networking even in restrictive network environments.