[TriLUG] Home VPN?

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

We use Tailscale at work as well, and it's super easy and convenient.  It's
not free, but it's pretty reasonable.
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Wesley S. Garrison
Network Engineer
Xitech Communications, Inc.
phone:  (919) 260-0803
fax:       (919) 932-5051
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On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM Daniel Sterling via TriLUG <
trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Check out tailscale, it's also based on wireguard and makes it easy to set
> up peer-to-peer VPN and routing.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailscale
>
> The open-source software acts in combination with the management service to
> establish peer-to-peer or relayed VPN communication with other clients
> using the WireGuard protocol
>
> On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM John Broome via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> > And, like someone else suggested, they use wireguard as their software.
> >
> > If you search around GitHub for “wireguard” you’ll see a lot of projects
> > where people have bundled it with pihole, and/or added a nice front-end
> to
> > it for client management.
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 09:07 Bill Weinel via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > A VPN provider is only as good as their security and your trust in them
> > > to maintain it. I use Proton VPN here. (https://protonvpn.com/) They
> are
> > > based in Switzerland, don't do logging, don't archive your data, are
> > > Linux compatible, easy to setup, have multiple servers located around
> > > the world, don't slow down your access based upon the amount you pay,
> > > and even offer free subscriptions. They were recently reviewed by PC
> > > Magazine and have earned their top rating (see:
> > > https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-vpn-services). Their setup
> > > documentation is easy to follow and works with most any platform.
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > > Bill
> > >
> > > On 2/18/25 20:22, Matthew Glassman via TriLUG wrote:
> > > > How difficult and precarious is it to set up a home VPN without
> relying
> > > on
> > > > something like NORD or some other service?  I had the thought that
> > maybe
> > > > I'd want to try doing that but wasn't sure where to start and what I
> > > might
> > > > want to consider.
> > >
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