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VPN into Homenetwork Security (feddit.de)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This may be a simple question, but I could not find resources on that. Does creating a VPN into my home network using my router increase my attack surface? What are the security implications of that in general?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I would suggest trying wireguard first as it’s much less complex to set up. Once you have a handle on that, you might consider moving to a mesh network. I personally would love to use a mesh network, but have not been able to get it configured correctly the few times I’ve tried.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

TS is a lot easier to set up than WG and does not require a publicly accessible IP address nor any public whatsoever. It's not really comparable to setting WG up yourself; especially w.r.t. security.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Agreed. Tailscale is very easy to setup.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

I've have made a lot of progress with Tailscale once I learned how to set up an "Exit Node" which is done in the Tailscale admin page. You set up Tailscale on your network and sign in, then set it as an exit node. Then (on android at least) you open the app and hit the 3 dots and pick "use exit node" then type the IP of your service into your browser and it's magically usable.

There's also Tailscale on YouTube which has walk through a for attaching Tailscale to Docker containers, allowing access to those containers without an exit node. I've successfully done this with Audiobookshelf so I just turn on Tailscale out of the house and open the Audiobookshelf app and it connects to my private instance at home.