Comment on Using Tailscale As A Traditional VPN

• just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They’re good questions. I wasn’t being rhetorical 🤣

  It’s hard to know exactly where your concern about visibility lies, hence my question 😉

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  • irmadlad@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Nah, it’s good. I do have a knack for asking silly, basic questions. I certainly don’t have the networking prowess and certifications that some of the group here has, and I just want to be cautious, perhaps overly cautious when implementing what I have proposed. I know what an overlay vpn does, and I know what a traditional vpn like say, PIA, does. I just want to proceed with caution because the end use has serious implications if improperly deployed. At the very least I want to make myself confidant that I have covered all bases.

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    • just_another_person@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Well if it demystifies Tailscale a bit, just think of it like a traditional VPN with specific controls over the traffic flow. It’s e2e encrypted between every node, and you control the exit node. You’re use-case would work just like OpenVON, for example, where your client traffic exits where you decide (your VPS).

      If you really want a deeper understanding, have a looke at Headscale and maybe set it up on your VPS. You use your same Tailscale client, and just register it with the Headscale instance on your VPS. Just setting it up will give you a tutorial on how Tailscale works in general. You can ping me with questions, or the Discord is really active and responsive.

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