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Yggdrasil Network

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linsomniac ◴[] No.42156736[source]
I was pretty excited about it 3-4 years ago, but it seems like it's kind of an abandoned project at this point. Anyone making use of it and have any impressions?
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DanAtC ◴[] No.42157072[source]
There have been a few updates recently including a revival of the iOS app which had languished for some time.

I use it as a VPN to connect my phone to my home network which are both peered privately to a VPS.

It's a bit convoluted vs directly connecting to home, but it was easier to set up than worrying about dynamic IPs, port forwarding, and exchanging Wireguard keys.

Multicast peering is neat in that I can access my home server directly using the same Ygg IP when I'm home. Problem is, I have to use an IP; the iOS app doesn't support configuring a custom DNS server for the Ygg VPN connection.

Headscale is really a better solution for this use-case, but it's kind-of neat to know there's an alternative Internet available with just an additional peering.

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1. mrbluecoat ◴[] No.42158697[source]
Agreed. If the Yggdrasil Android and iOS apps supported zero-touch MDM configuration like Tailscale, I'd try it out but my guess is the performance still wouldn't match WireGuard.

Update: 83% comparitive speed using a US QUIC peer, not bad actually...