Which overlay network?

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  • Nebula

    A scalable overlay networking tool with a focus on performance, simplicity and security

  • NAT punching really depends on the router (without UPnP or similar) It sounds like you were lucky https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/issues/33 But if it works - it works :)

  • ZeroTier

    A Smart Ethernet Switch for Earth

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • headscale

    An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server

  • Seems to have quite good NAT support and seem to do DNS resolution. Clients for most relevant platform - a well rounded package. But I find their plans to be prohibitive. Only 20 devices on the free plan. The first paid tier is 5 devices per 1 user, so 5 devices for me paying? A head scratcher. There is an open source control plane https://github.com/juanfont/headscale but given the clients are not open source it feels a bit scary to rely on. My knowledge of wireguard is not good enough, but I am also wondering if it is really meant for a mesh setup?

  • tinc

    a VPN daemon

  • Netmaker

    Netmaker makes networks with WireGuard. Netmaker automates fast, secure, and distributed virtual networks.

  • tailscale

    The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.

  • netbird

    Connect your devices into a single secure private WireGuard®-based mesh network with SSO/MFA and simple access controls.

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • vpncloud

    Peer-to-peer VPN

  • mobile_nebula

    Brings nebula to mobile devices (iOS, Android)

  • https://github.com/DefinedNet/mobile_nebula/issues/9 https://github.com/DefinedNet/mobile_nebula/issues/17 https://github.com/slackhq/nebula/issues/318

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