Linode Interfaces and Default Firewall Now Generally Available
Akamai Technologies, Thursday, June 25th, 2026
Akamai Cloud makes Linode Interfaces and Default Firewall generally available for instance-level networking.
Akamai Cloud announced general availability of Linode Interfaces and Default Firewalls, enabling direct network configuration at the instance level without requiring reboots.
Administrators can dynamically attach VPC, public, and VLAN interfaces while automatically protecting resources with configurable default firewall policies.
The features simplify cloud infrastructure management and provide clearer visibility into network configuration.
Akamai positions the update as supporting AI inference workloads and offering a more intuitive networking experience.