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[solved - I was looking for mDNS] Is there a kde-connect like VPN? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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My issue is that many of my remote desktop apps require knowing the IP adress of the other PC. I'm looking for a VPN that auto-discovers other devices on the same network. That way I could just "ssh" into the same IP every time, because it would be IP inside of a virtual network. Ideally I am looking a solution that does not require internet connection.

Thanks.

Edit: I should probably specify my usecase. I have a portable desktop and use VNC from a laptop to connect to it. To do that I need the IP of the desktop but that's different on a different network. This can be solved by using hostname.local as the "IP". (hostname is the "ubuntu" in "bob@ubuntu$:~/Documents") The solution is quite simple, I just haven't known about it.

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[–] boredsquirrel 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Headscale is a downstream of tailscale, meaning it has a fraction of the features and is maintained by Tailscale employees.

But great for less trust.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tail scale is currently in the building goodwill phase of the startup, there will come a day when the enshitification starts

[–] boredsquirrel 4 points 4 months ago

I mean, Github is literally the source of 2 operating systems I run. And most of my apps.

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, but tailscale forces you to use logins from proprietary platforms, which is the reason I don't use it. It doesn't support a simple account creation and login with just an email and password.

[–] exu@feditown.com 3 points 4 months ago

AFAIK they allow custom OIDC providers now.

[–] boredsquirrel 3 points 4 months ago

Really?? This is crazy.

Afaik headscale is the selfhosted server. You can likely login however you want.