[HN Gopher] Make your own VPN with Fly.io, tailscale and GitHub
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       Make your own VPN with Fly.io, tailscale and GitHub
        
       Author : m3at
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2023-05-24 21:50 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
        
       | vakabus wrote:
       | I've recently built something similar [0], but the complete
       | opposite. I wanted to forward traffic onto my homeserver without
       | a public IPv4. I've tried Tailscale Funnel, but the inability to
       | use custom domains made me look for other solutions. I ended up
       | with a fly.io app acting as a TCP proxy over Tailscale.
       | Considering how crappy the setup is, it's surprisingly reliable.
       | Great job fly.io and Tailscale teams! I haven't had any issues in
       | the month or so I've been using it.
       | 
       | [0]: https://github.com/vakabus/flyio-tailscale-gateway
        
       | therein wrote:
       | It is unfortunate that many GeoIP providers will just use
       | Fly.io's Chicago address even when the nodes are somewhere
       | entirely different in the world.
       | 
       | You sometimes get lucky and get something that doesn't resolve to
       | United States, and sometimes the IPv4 is US, while IPv6 is
       | correctly the location, or vice versa.
        
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