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Re:Tailscale Funnel by depingus on Friday November 18, 2022 @12:29PM (#33658212)
> They enable you to move your selfhosted services from expensive, slow VPSes you don't control to fast devices in your own home[4]. IMO this is strictly better than a VPS in terms of privacy and data control.

How is trusting your network entry point to Cloudflare (or whoever) any better than having it at a VPS? At least with the VPS you know what's happening inside the box.

Here's a better solution: Get a free/cheap VPS. Setup a Wireguard tunnel from your home server to it. Slap a reverse proxy on the VPS that forwards internet traffic through the tunnel to your home server.

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Re:Tailscale Funnel by anderspitman on Friday November 18, 2022 @01:13PM (#33659111)
> How is trusting your network entry point to Cloudflare (or whoever) any better than having it at a VPS?

I was referring to the other advantages, not the privacy. They're about the same on privacy.

> Here's a better solution: Get a free/cheap VPS. Setup a Wireguard tunnel from your home server to it. Slap a reverse proxy on the VPS that forwards internet traffic through the tunnel to your home server.

Way too difficult for the users I'm trying to reach.

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