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Knocker, a knock based access control system for your homelab

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67 points xlmnxp | 1 comments | 22 Oct 25 08:37 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tptacek ◴[22 Oct 25 13:01 UTC] No.45668433[source]▶
I will never, ever understand this "single-packet authentication" "port knocking" fetish. It has never made sense. Bin it, along with fail2ban, and just set up WireGuard.

Your network authentication should not be a fun game or series of Rube Goldberg contraptions.

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trelane ◴[22 Oct 25 18:35 UTC] No.45673304[source]▶
Do you have a guide to using wireguard in this way?
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tptacek ◴[22 Oct 25 18:36 UTC] No.45673329[source]▶
Using WireGuard in what way? WireGuard defaults to the security posture SPA/port knocking hopes to asymptotically achieve.
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trelane ◴[22 Oct 25 18:40 UTC] No.45673364[source]▶
> Using WireGuard in what way?

Using WireGuard to gate access to a server. It looks like it's a VPN, not an access control mechanism. So I am curious how this works.

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1. akerl_ ◴[22 Oct 25 18:44 UTC] No.45673417{3}[source]▶
WireGuard is sort of a VPN, but really its core is peer to peer links with simple, footgun-resistant configs.

The most mundane setup is two peers with each other’s public keys that let each peer talk to the other via the WireGuard link.