Post #1944586
2026-04-27 21:52 UTC
@jcsteh @tailscale Okay, I hear about Tailscale in various places, but can someone give me a TLDR of what its purpose is? Best I can figure out, it's some sort of reverse proxy that handles HTTPS transparently, but that's about all I can figure out.
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@jcsteh@aus.social 2026-04-28 00:29
@TRodick93 It lets you access devices on a private network over an encrypted link from anywhere; e.g. you could access a home server from a coffee shop. Rather than a central server through which all trafic flows as would be the case if you ran a VPN server on a router, it negotiates the most direct connection to each node behind the scenes. That means you can just leave it running; when you're at home, it'll be a direct connection via your local network. Each node has a stable address on your private network, so it's always the same IP address regardless of whether you're at home, at a coffee shop, in a different country, etc. @tailscale