Netskope Private Access now consumes NewEdge Traffic Management 2.0(GSLB) for optimizing the DC selection for Client as well as for Publishers. Customers can take following advantages with this feature, 

• DC selection is no longer DNS


• There is no dependency on Google DNS or LDNS for POP selection (the last hop recursive DNS resolver).


• APIs are hosted within existing allow listed NewEdge IP range, no additional network changes needed. 


• Improved granularity for geolocation of public IP egresses. DNS-based methods (EDNS/ECS0/Google DNS) can only utilize a /24 of the public IP. The GSLB service can better geolocate as it has the entire IP address /32 instead of a /24 advantage for gateway selection.


• DC selections according to geographic distance, with in-country preference. For example, if an endpoint in the south of France is very close to Barcelona, the Netskope Client will prefer a DC in France, even if it is physically farther away than the NewEdge Barcelona DC.


• NewEdge Traffic Management intent-based Zones are now available for Private Access
  

   

  
  
  Gateway Selection feature for Private Access is GA starting from release 111. Here are the documentation updates,
  

  
  
  • https://docs.netskope.com/en/netskope-help/netskope-client/netskope-client-network-configuration/#newedge-traffic-managem[…]%80%93-gateway-selection  - refer to the Note in the document for NPA specific details.
  
  
  • https://docs.netskope.com/en/netskope-help/data-security/netskope-private-access/configure-newedge-traffic-management-zones-per-npa-tenant/
  
  
  • https://docs.netskope.com/en/netskope-help/data-security/netskope-private-access/publisher-management/deploy-a-publisher/#newedge-trar…]ay-selection
    
     
    

    This feature will be enabled by default on new tenants. We encourage you to take advantage of this feature, work with your account team to get more assistance.