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Once again, I'll both big-up and ask what's up with Tinc. As in, I've been using it for years and still do, it's sort of an integral part of my whole deal, but
by jrm4 1y ago
Once again, I'll both big-up and ask what's up with Tinc.
As in, I've been using it for years and still do, it's sort of an integral part of my whole deal, but it also seems kind of unmaintained, I haven't checked on that.
And it's not the easiest to set up, but it feels miles ahead of whatever the Wireguard equivalent is or isn't these days.
- alyandon 1y agoI'd really like to see some combination of Tinc that manages the layer 2 mesh routing with wireguard underneath for the point to point tunnels.
- arjvik 1y agoCan I ask, is Tinc supposed to be open-source-barebones-Tailscale? What are the benefits/drawbacks to a more hosted solution like Tailscale or even running one's own Headscale server?
- jrm4 1y agoNot sure; Tinc existed first. The point of Tinc is basically OpenVPN but automatically meshes and there is no such thing as a "main server?" Just get them all to find any of the others, and everyone's connected.
- gsliepen 1y agoTinc unfortunately has a complete lack of maintainers with enough time to dedicate to it. Tinc 1.1 should make setting up easier; it has a CLI to set up and add nodes without having to manually edit config files. And you can generate invitation URLs which can make it even easier.
- usr1106 1y agoI had the impression tinc development had stalled. Would be glad to be corrected.