Self-hosted VPN that can be accessed via browser extension

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• AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’d be very wary about trying to bypass any workplace restriction (which includes using a no -company VPN etc. etc.)

  Depending on your line of work this could range from a slap on the wrist onto immediate termination and fines.

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  • RootBeerGuy@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, that is the unfortunate reality. The better way is going through your IT department to get those extra things you need for work. If you are found out, and I am sure IT will eventually be able to, you will be in trouble.

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  • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Also very good advice

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• valkyre09@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I use Cloudflare tunnels for this very reason, you can protect access to the page behind a login (I use azure AD).

  It basically acts like a reverse proxy allowing me access to those local resources without anything being installed on the client computer.

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  • thefactremains@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    This is the right answer.

    The only other solution I can think of would be to put a device in the middle (such as this router).

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    • lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Or you can use the CF Tunnel equivalent from Tailscale, called Funnel.

      tailscale.com/blog/reintroducing-serve-funnel

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  • k4j8@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had the same problem as OP. My solution was to port forward to my server but then block connections from all IP addresses accept from my work, which I added to an allowlist.

    It’s working well so far, but I think the Cloudflare tunnel is the better option.

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• redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Maybe look into deploying a Socks5 proxy (e.g. socks5-server)? Then you can use socks5 browser extensions like FoxyProxy

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  • lorentz@feddit.it ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    shadowsocks.org should be a good option, easy to install, encrypted, and password protected

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• Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Most “VPN” browser extensions (if not all of them) aren’t actually doing a VPN connection but just change the proxy setting in the browser. This is because as a browser extension they wouldn’t have enough permissions/power to establish a real VPN connection.

  So if you want to use a browser extension you have to run a proxy server, or as other said, just use cloudflared as running a proxy server attracts bots from all over the world

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• bruhduh@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  github.com/MHSanaei/3x-ui plus foxyproxy

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• Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

  Fewer Letters	More Letters
  NAS	Network-Attached Storage
  SSH	Secure Shell for remote terminal access
  VPN	Virtual Private Network

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• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Configure the Funnel feature in Tailscale.

  Funnel enables non-Tailscale clients to access specified resources in your Tailscale network via an encrypted tunnel provided by Tailscale.org.

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• MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Portable Apps/Scoop/Appimage?

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