> I find it offensively stupid for packets to travel 1000 miles to reach a system next to me or in the same city.
1. Security isn't an absolute.
2. Defense in depth.
PDR (protect, detect, respond) is a well regarded strategy, for good reason. All of these are easier when done centrally (cloud proxy based). Detect can be particularly difficult to do well in mesh. You probably find it offensively stupid because zerotier doesn't have a Detect component, nor integration for one, nor any kind of consideration for it at all.
1. Security isn't an absolute.
2. Defense in depth.
PDR (protect, detect, respond) is a well regarded strategy, for good reason. All of these are easier when done centrally (cloud proxy based). Detect can be particularly difficult to do well in mesh. You probably find it offensively stupid because zerotier doesn't have a Detect component, nor integration for one, nor any kind of consideration for it at all.