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what's local networking got to do with gmail?

• TheDong 7y ago
  There needs to be a mechanism to distribute keys to nodes / authenticate nodes / associate nodes. Tailscale offers a centralized server to allow nodes to provision themselves. It bootstraps that trust/account system of of logging in with some account, such as via a google oauth login.
  • skrebbel 7y ago
    Right! That makes sense, thanks.