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Tailscale raises $100M

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boesboes ◴[] No.31260274[source]
For anyone else who wonders wtf tailscale is:

> Tailscale is a VPN service that makes the devices and applications you own accessible anywhere in the world, securely and effortlessly. It enables encrypted point-to-point connections using the open source WireGuard protocol, which means only devices on your private network can communicate with each other.

It seems to take care of key distribution, nat-traversal, authentication etc etc

Neat! No sure how that is 'fixing internet' exactly, but really cool anyway

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ncmncm ◴[] No.31260654[source]
I thought that Tailscale was pretty interesting.

Avery Pennarun, its CTO, is somebody whose judgment I am used to trusting.

Then I learned that to use it, I would be dependent on authenticating using a login on one of the unaccountable internet behemoths who could take away my account for any random reason or no expressed reason at all.

No, thank you.

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1. ibejoeb ◴[] No.31262913[source]
Is that generally true? A third-party authentication servive is needed just to get it going, or is that needed for specific use cases?
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2. ncmncm ◴[] No.31263532[source]
Apparently the third-party authentication service is needed just to get it going. If you get an "enterprise license" you can choose among more authentication services, but not yourself.

Some people suggest trying Nebula instead.