aliases:
tags:
- Type/Tech/Architecture/Networking
- area/tech/networking
publish: true
version: 1
dateCreated: 2024-03-17, 18:58
dateModified: 2024-04-05, 08:17
from:
- "[[VPN]]"
related:
- "[[Twingate]]"
- "[[ZeroTier]]"
- "[[Cloudflare Zero Trust]]"
contra:
to:
brew: tailscale
choco: tailscale
Tailscale Inc. is a software company based in Toronto, Canada. Tailscale develops a partially open-source software-defined mesh virtual private network (VPN) and a web-based management service. The company provides a zero config VPN as a service under the same name. | |
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wikipedia:: Tailscale | |
url:: Tailscale |
Instead of traditional vpn setup with gateways, etc., Tailscale connects directly to each machine with a direct wireguard tunnel. Technically creates its a mesh network, since there is both the unifying network that taliscale creates, tailscale also directly connects to each machine (mesh)
First connection attempt might be a little slow in order for it to establish first connection/key exchange.
Uses a Tailscale Coordination Server to manage keys, keep track of IP addresses, etc.