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Trayscale, a nice little GUI for Tailscale (github.com)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mfat@lemdro.id to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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If you're not familiar with Tailscale it's a very user-friendly "overlay network" that lets you securely connect all your devices no matter where they are over the internet.

No need to forward ports on your router to access your home network anymore. And no need to set up VPNs manually either. Just install Tailscale on all your devices and log in with Gmail or other providers.

Tailscale has official apps for Windows, Mac Android and iOS.

Thanks to a project called Trayscale we now have a GUI app for managing Tailscale on GNU/Linux as well.

You can easily install it using a flatpak.

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[–] falsem@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It only works because I get a public IP from my ISP. If that ever stops, this solution stops working too.

FWIW OpenVPN can use DNS names so you can use DDNS.

Point taken on the rest though. Everything you mentioned IS possible but the point that it's beyond most hobbyists is valid. I'm really wary of relying on a centrally managed pay service that is 'free' (for now).

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FWIW OpenVPN can use DNS names so you can use DDNS.

CGNAT says no.

[–] falsem@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

:shrug:, never had to deal with it

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You will have to at some point; whether you want to or not. CGNAT is the future of IPv4.

[–] django@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

May IPv4 just die.

[–] Atemu@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It's dead already. Problem is that in the year of the lord 2023 ipv6 still isn't really a thing yet, so IPv4 remains on life support.

If you're already using IPv6 for everything, you don't need to care about CGNAT in IPv4. I highly doubt that's the case however.