Comment on Tailscale addressing concerns over potential enshittification of the platform

eskuero@lemmy.fromshado.ws ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• huquad@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Been thinking about this for a while. What’s the lift to switch to headscale? Do I need a VPS for external clients? Would a separate site work, such as a family member’s house? Any other snags to worry about?

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  • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    you don’t strictly need a VPS, what you need is a (mostly?) static IP address, that is especially not behind CG-NAT. if your ISP won’t give that to you, you get a VPS, because one of the most important jobs of headscale is NAT hole punching with security in mind

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    • huquad@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Any chance a dynamic DNS provider would work?

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        that would probably work. I think the IP does not need to be static, but there can be problems if your IP changes often, and it’s not updated quickly in DNS.

        the only hard requirement for a local headscale (for usage over the internet) is that you are not behind a CG-NAT, and you can forward a port to your server in your router

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