# 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. | | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | | wikipedia:: [Tailscale](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailscale) | | | url:: [Tailscale](https://tailscale.com) | 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. ## MagicDNS ## [[SSH]] - [Tailscale SSH](https://tailscale.com/kb/1193/tailscale-ssh)