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Tailscale provides a virtual private network (VPN) - in the old school definition - the network is private to your own devices/network. You use it to connect y
by barkingcat 4y ago
Tailscale provides a virtual private network (VPN) - in the old school definition - the network is private to your own devices/network.
You use it to connect your home network for example, on your laptop when you are out and about.
Any internet routing is purely done by your own isp provider (if you chose to tunnel internet traffic through tailscale)
Behind the scenes, it uses WireGuard which provides the vpn tunnel to your own network.
Tailscale also provides an authentication layer (ie username/login/passwords)
- tomrod 4y agoThanks!
- thejosh 4y agoWireguard isn't a chatty protocol, and uses very minimal. You can use it on a spotty connection and your internet will go through that.
- mkl 4y ago> Tailscale also provides an authentication layer (ie username/login/passwords) Unless I'm misunderstanding you, I don't think it does (having to use a a third party to sign in is one of the main reasons I haven't tried it yet). From https://tailscale.com/kb/1013/sso-providers/ https://tailscale.com/kb/1013/sso-providers/: "Tailscale never handles authentication itself."