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Lots of alternatives to Ngrok and Cloudflare - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling. What we need

by PLG88 3y ago

Lots of alternatives to Ngrok and Cloudflare - https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling https://github.com/anderspitman/awesome-tunneling. What we need is more open source and permissives ones which are well maintained and easy to use. fwiw, I work on one in the list called zrok.io, its open source and we have a free SaaS version. I dont think (as the author suggests) that IPv6 everywhere is happening anytime soon.

eternityforest 3y ago
I'd seen some of these but Zrok is new to me and looks like one of the best!! > The private share is identified by a share token. The accessing user will use the share token, along with the zrok access command to create a local endpoint on their system, which lets them use the shared resource as if it were local to their system. That's really awesome both in terms of function and documentation. Clear and concise about exactly what it's going to do, and exactly the functionality I was hoping to see, especially in something that also has a SaaS web portal. Will there ever be an Android client? I always thought that what the IoT really needs is some way to just plug in your IoT thing to Ethernet, scan a code on its crappy little LCD, and have them instantly paired. It looks like OpenZiti doesn't do P2P yet but they're thinking about it? That will definitely be a big deal, but at the moment it seems like it's already 100% ready for the use case of doing a personal site.
- PLG88 3y ago
  There will be an Android client at some point, but its not available yet. One of the great things about zrok is that its built on OpenZiti, so we use Ziti's components as part of zrok. Ziti has an Android client (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openziti.mobile https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openziti.m...). Do you have an immediate need? If yes, I can check with the dev team to bump priority... particularly if the use case deploys into production. Correct, Ziti has an overlay fabric with smart routing. This allows all connections to be outbound at source/destination for better security and simplicity. The smart routing potentially allows us to deliver better performance too. We do have P2P connections on the roadmap for use cases which would benefit more from that type of approach.
  - eternityforest 3y ago
    Nope, no immediate need here, I'm working on open source home automationish system, and vaguely keep my eye on ways to do remote access, but it's not a real priority since I'm mostly targeting things that don't need that kind of remote access. It looks very promising! Maybe even something that could make self hosting worth it for DIYers!

by PLG88 3y ago

eternityforest 3y ago

I'd seen some of these but Zrok is new to me and looks like one of the best!! > The private share is identified by a share token. The accessing user will use the share token, along with the zrok access command to create a local endpoint on their system, which lets them use the shared resource as if it were local to their system. That's really awesome both in terms of function and documentation. Clear and concise about exactly what it's going to do, and exactly the functionality I was hoping to see, especially in something that also has a SaaS web portal. Will there ever be an Android client? I always thought that what the IoT really needs is some way to just plug in your IoT thing to Ethernet, scan a code on its crappy little LCD, and have them instantly paired. It looks like OpenZiti doesn't do P2P yet but they're thinking about it? That will definitely be a big deal, but at the moment it seems like it's already 100% ready for the use case of doing a personal site.

PLG88 3y ago
There will be an Android client at some point, but its not available yet. One of the great things about zrok is that its built on OpenZiti, so we use Ziti's components as part of zrok. Ziti has an Android client (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openziti.mobile https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.openziti.m...). Do you have an immediate need? If yes, I can check with the dev team to bump priority... particularly if the use case deploys into production. Correct, Ziti has an overlay fabric with smart routing. This allows all connections to be outbound at source/destination for better security and simplicity. The smart routing potentially allows us to deliver better performance too. We do have P2P connections on the roadmap for use cases which would benefit more from that type of approach.
- eternityforest 3y ago
  Nope, no immediate need here, I'm working on open source home automationish system, and vaguely keep my eye on ways to do remote access, but it's not a real priority since I'm mostly targeting things that don't need that kind of remote access. It looks very promising! Maybe even something that could make self hosting worth it for DIYers!