Thread - Nostr Hypermedia

Got annoyed by Tailscale requiring 3rd party accounts, so created Nostr VPN.

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It signals over nostr relays and creates a wireguard / boringtun network. Builds for Macos and Linux. Using it between my Macs, but haven't tested extensively yet.

Replies (24)

captjack 🏴‍☠️✨💜 captjack@plebchain.club 6 months ago

tail = shit

Sirius 6 months ago

Yes

vinney...axkl vcavallo@vinneycavallo.com 6 months ago

i had the exact same frustration recently and have been planning to set up a headscale network instead with a local exit node for ip protection vpn. 👀👀

vinney...axkl vcavallo@vinneycavallo.com 6 months ago

self-hosted headscale backend, tailscale clients set to custom auth url

EVAN KALOUDIS evan@zeusln.com 6 months ago

This is awesome. I’m sure @npub1xnf0...lpr5 users will get a ton of value out of this.

npub1qyxl...mu7u 6 months ago

Damn, I've just been building my own wireguard tunnels by hand. Is that stuff FOSS?

npub1yskk...n5ww 6 months ago

Why not simply use wireguard?

alphakamp null 6 months ago

Eh... seems like a great way to get exploited. Try out pangolin instead

Sirius 6 months ago

Tailscale / headscale / Nostr VPN solve connections between changing IP addresses behind NATs. Nostr VPN doesnt have a TURN server though, so doesn't work in cases where NAT hole punching fails.

Sirius 6 months ago

Nebula seems similar, but uses its own keys and lookup servers instead of nostr relays

Gigi dergigi.com 6 months ago

👀

npub1tc20...gf27 6 months ago

GitHub

GitHub - juanfont/headscale: An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server

An open source, self-hosted implementation of the Tailscale control server - juanfont/headscale

npub1yskk...n5ww 6 months ago

Umm true, when changing IPs it's kinda annoying, and having a dynamic DNS from third parties looses self hosting, I was just curious to ask 🫡 I usually liked the no-ip service as another option, it's simple enough and easy to use 😸

vinney...axkl vcavallo@vinneycavallo.com 6 months ago

fairly certain the full stack is, yea. if you're careful.

John Lambrechts john@utopiaeducators.com 6 months ago

Thank you Sirius.

Sirius 6 months ago

Fips looks very interesting, will take a look. I was thinking of doing something similar. However, Nostr VPN is a private network tool, yggdrasil and fips are open meshes.

ABH3PO abhay@mailstr.app 6 months ago

You can firewall on open meshes and it becomes a vpn

Eluc eluc@bitcoincoin.ch 6 months ago

I'm geek enough to use wireguard directly but the couple of times I used Tailscale it felt like magical, but I was also annoyed by this third party account requirement (that is not really justified).

npub1zkhe...qqcm 6 months ago

Fips requires some nodes being reachable through port forwarding (or similar). Does nostr-vpn allow for a "magical experience" similar to Tailscale? 🤔

ManyKeys manykeys@npub.cash 6 months ago

Can you set an exist node for all connected devices? This is a really important attribute for privacy given that you're very likely outgoing connections from the connected devices.

npub1kec3...xnt6 6 months ago

Holy shit balls!!! I can get rid of headscale?

Sirius 6 months ago

Iroh seems interesting

iroh

Relays - iroh

npub1j9wd...cm77 6 months ago

This is interesting 🤔 View quoted note →

npub1hy0t...7vge 6 months ago

#Déjàvú ? I was talk about NOSTR VPN in the last week ! This is the future ! I am a seer !