points by 99harry 2 days ago | 0 comments
I've already installed WireGuard, ZeroTier, and OpenVPN. What's the difference between Tailscale and these other tools?
[–] teekert 2 days ago
This is the type of question any LLM can explain to perfection on any technical level, from 5 year old to IT pro, so, I'd try that?
If I literally ask an LLM your question it makes beautiful table of pros cons, underlying tech etc. So, LM G<>LLM TFY ;)
[–] 99harry 2 days ago
I think it contains a lot of information. Simple definitions always need a human touch
[–] bsoles 1 day ago
This must be the new "Just Google it". I am pretty sure the poster is perfectly aware that they could ask an LLM.
[–] teekert 23 hours ago
Yes, perhaps, and that is annoying for poster, it also happens that people tell me that and I am annoyed. But there are times when it is justified. I believe this to be such a time, but perhaps I'm wrong.
[–] parasyte 1 day ago
Tailscale is most similar to ZeroTier, in that it's a mesh VPN with a control plane to handle key distribution. It's not a virtual ethernet or similar network, so it doesn't do broadcast or multicast traffic like ZeroTier. It does use WireGuard under the hood, and besides the control plane for Wireguard key distribution, you can set ACLs to restrict which mesh participants can connect to which endpoints (on which ports or services), and it can leverage its authentication for some handy tricks like SSH key management.
Most of the neat tricks like funnel, serve, SSH, etc are off by default and you need to specifically allow them for hosts to use them.
If you've already installed WG, ZT, and OpenVPN you should know all this, I think.
I've always uses OpenVPN for both business (their Access Server product) and for my own homelab (CloudConnexa). Maybe I'm biased. Been using OpenVPN in one way for over 10 years.