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    Choosing a client

    Once you have a Ziti Network - you are going to require a Ziti-aware client in order to access the network. There are two types of clients and depending on your needs you'll choose to either use a tunneler or you will use an SDK to securely access the Ziti Network.

    Choosing which type of client you will use to connect to a Ziti Network is a straightfoward process and comes down to a single question. If you are you installing Ziti in front of an existing application which has already been developed and deployed you need to use a tunneler. If you are developing a new product, starting from scratch and you want to take advantage of a fully zero-trust solution you will probably want to use an SDK.

    Tunnelers

    An OpenZiti Tunneler is purpose-built software designed to connect applications which are not Ziti-aware to the OpenZiti Network.

    • Windows
    • MacOS
    • Linux
    • iOS
    • Android

    Read more on using tunnelers here

    SDK

    If you are building a new application you have a unique opportunity to choose to use one of the Ziti SDKs and to create a truly zero-trust application from the start! Navigate over to the api page to learn more about which SDKs are avialable and for documentation focused on using these sdks.

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