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The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA. (by tailscale)
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A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth (by zerotier)
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
tailscale
Posts with mentions or reviews of tailscale.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-27.
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HowTo bare-metal install Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE) - possibly the best hypervisor for most people and companies
Tailscale
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We can check Dishy's status from outside the network. Doesn't that show there is a way to navigate through the CGNAT.
If all you are looking for is an easy way to get inside your Starlink network and you don't mind installing a small amount of software and a small dedicated computer like a Raspberry Pi, I suggest you try tailscale.com. This is not the solution if you want to publish one or more services to the general public, but if you just want to access machines yourself use TailScale.
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New actively exploited zero day vulnerability against internet facing QNAP devices - deadbolt ransomware
Otherwise you can use something like Tailscale.
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⟳ 0 apps added, 49 updated at f-droid.org
Tailscale (version 1.20.2-t8e643357d-ge1751fa2802): Mesh VPN based on WireGuard
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TiddlyServer and HTTPS/SSL
If you only intend to host it for your own use, you could consider just running it on an always-on machine at home and using TailScale to connect to it remotely. It's basically a zero-config VPN.
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Multiple Logins?
Not currently possible. That would be a nice feature, and we're tracking the feature request here if you'd like to subscribe to updates: https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/183
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Hosting a VPN server
https://tailscale.com. They have a free tier and it works nicely with no fuss. (iOS app, too.)
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Android apps crashing
We're following up in https://github.com/tailscale/tailscale/issues/3754, you can subscribe to that issue for updates.
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Is it possible to forward external connections from one machine to another (port forwarding, or tunneling)?
While setting up a VPN server like OpenVPN or Wireguard is a solution, I almost never recommend that nowadays. Instead, I recommend Tailscale because it's incredibly easy to set up (install -> login -> works), doesn't require tearing holes into your home firewall and seriously works like magic.
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⟳ 2 apps added, 31 updated at f-droid.org
Tailscale (version 1.19.190-tc5243562d-g14b849f0e85-dirty): Mesh VPN based on WireGuard
ZeroTier
Posts with mentions or reviews of ZeroTier.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-09.
- "Vous ne pouvez pas dire que c'est la loi !" : quand l'inspection du travail tente de faire appliquer le télétravail dans les entreprises
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I think I messed up - Brute force attack and port forwarding
Something like Zerotier may be useful for remote accessing you LAN, rather than opening ports.
- Expose server behind NAT with Tor
- Would it be possible to create a VPN to refresh my apps from everywhere?
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Help with Client Isolation
If you leave and rejoin, does it start working? https://github.com/zerotier/ZeroTierOne/issues/1495
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Remote Access not working; Most likely due to ISP
If you can't port forward on your router it's going to be complicated. I have heard of folks having luck with ZeroTier but I haven't tried it myself.
- Port forwarding Jellyfin through VPN - Tried everything!!
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How scared should I be of having open ports for SSH and HTTP?
I use zerotier for my home and public servers' SSH access, which fulfils the role of a VPN without some of the downsides and is also pretty performant.
- VPN & Klipper on the same pi?
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Setting up a VPN
As a few other posters have already noted, if you want the functionality of a VPN, but not the headache of having to set anything up or run a VPN server you could explore https://enclave.io, https://tailscale.com or https://www.zerotier.com/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing tailscale and ZeroTier you can also consider the following projects:
Nebula - A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security
headscale - An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server
Netmaker - Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks.
wireguard-vyatta-ubnt - WireGuard for Ubiquiti Devices
mistborn
Bypass_CGNAT - Wireguard setup to bypass CGNAT with a VPS
tinc - a VPN daemon
traefik - The Cloud Native Application Proxy
OpenVPN - OpenVPN is an open source VPN daemon
wiretrustee - Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network.