VeilNet is an Australian network security company whose software gives organisations post quantum encrypted connectivity between machines in cloud, on-premises and edge environments. It is aimed at organisations that need to protect traffic against future quantum attacks without rewriting the applications that produce it.
The software encrypts traffic at Layers 2 and 3, beneath IP, so applications run unchanged.
At A Glance
| Vendor | VeilNet |
|---|---|
| Category | Network security, post quantum encrypted networking |
| Identities covered | Machine identities with expiring realm credentials |
| Deployment | Self hosted software, including air gapped enclaves, plus a hosted instance for trials |
| Headquarters | Australia |
| Market classification | Network Security; also Agentic AI Identity |
What VeilNet Does
Most encrypted networking today depends on TLS proxies, MACsec or IPsec and mesh VPNs. Each leaves gaps: TLS proxies only cover connections they can terminate and nothing outside TCP, MACsec decrypts traffic inside every switch, and gateway VPNs leave traffic in the clear behind each gateway, often with post quantum protection optional or missing. VeilNet takes a different route and seals traffic as close to the physical link as software can reach. Post quantum key exchange is mandatory on every connection, with no classical fallback.
Products
Conflux
Conflux is the software installed on each machine that joins a VeilNet network. A team evaluating the product can install it on two machines and connect them through an instance VeilNet hosts, without creating an account or writing configuration. For production, the same software joins an organisation’s own sovereign network.
- Builds for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD and OpenBSD
- Proxy and TUN modes, plus subnets, exits and uplinks, so one network can carry traffic for whole subnets as well as individual hosts
Guardian
The guardian is the management stack an organisation runs for its own realms. It solves the operational side of a machine network: who is admitted, who can administer it and how a compromised node is cut off.
- Seven services: a front door, identity, an operator console, an API server, a state and audit store, a telemetry intake and a metrics store
- Operator roles of admin, manager, auditor and user
- Console actions to mint, rename and archive sub realms
How It Works
VeilNet runs both its control plane and data plane on the customer’s own machines, over the same links, so there is no central server for traffic to pass through. Because it is software, it runs wherever the organisation’s systems run: cloud regions, data centres, edge sites, vehicles, field equipment and air gapped enclaves, over fibre, broadband, 4G and 5G, satellite, serial and radio links.
| Component | What it does |
|---|---|
| Realms | Realms decide which machines can exchange data. Each organisation has its own tree of realms, which it can divide into sub realms. |
| Cryptography | ML-KEM handles key establishment, ML-DSA handles identity and authentication, and AES-256-GCM encrypts the traffic. |
| Management plane | Only credential renewal requests and telemetry reach the guardian; application traffic does not. |
Identities And Systems Covered
| Machine identities | Each node has a cryptographic identity, signed with ML-DSA, that peers verify before any connection is opened |
|---|---|
| Credential lifecycle | A credential admits a machine to its realm and every credential expires; machines renew their own credentials through the guardian, and each renewal or refusal is recorded |
| Revocation | An operator can revoke a machine to remove it permanently, or block it to shut it out of its realm immediately |
| Workloads | Servers, containers, clusters, APIs and databases across sites and clouds |
Company Background
| Headquarters | Australia, with the product described as “Made in Australia” |
|---|---|
| Accelerator | Member of cohort 2 of NextQ, a non equity accelerator run by Quantum Australia and funded by the Australian Government |
| Standards | Its cryptography follows the NIST post quantum standards |
Note: This overview is compiled from VeilNet’s publicly available information as of 3 November 2026. It is provided for information only. NHI Mgmt Group does not endorse any vendor, and nothing on this page represents the opinions of NHI Mgmt Group.