242%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.25/blog/2022/introducing-ambient-mesh/ambient-secure-overlay.png title="Ambient mesh uses a shared, per-node ztunnel to provide a zero-trust secure overlay"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.25/blog/2022/introducing-ambient-mesh/ambient-secure-overlay.png alt="Ambient mesh uses a shared, per-node ztunnel to provide a zero-trust secure overlay"></a></div><figcaption>Ambient mesh uses a shared, per-node ztunnel to provide a zero-trust secure overlay</figcaption></fi