Exposing home hosted services on internet with tinc

[andre]

Thanks, this is exactly what I wanted to know.
 
Kind regards, 
André.

https://rodier.me/


25 Nov 2019 08:01:10 Martin <martinmoen at gmail.com>:
 
> Hi Andrê,
> So by nodes I assume you mean the "boxes".I would suggest each "box" gets it's own tinc node(with a static ip) and then on the server it should be a matter of pointing at the ip address of the appropriate box tinc ip address.
> I've done this myself with WireGuard and it works great.
> 
> On Mon, Nov 25, 2019 at 7:14 AM André Rodier <andre at rodier.me[mailto:andre at rodier.me]> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>>  
>>  I need to build a VPN, and I am not sure if tinc is the right tool to
>>  use. I am more familiar with OpenVPN.
>>  
>>  I have a few boxes at home, behind a router with a dynamic IP
>>  address. Those boxes host some services, like web sites, for instance.
>>  
>>  I have a server hosted online, with a few IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. All
>>  addresses being static, of course.
>>  
>>  I am planning to use tinc on Debian, to "expose" the services hosted on
>>  these "home" boxes on IPv4/IPv6 addresses, using tinc VPN. The NAT
>>  would occur in the tunnel. I can write the nat/masquerade rules.
>>  
>>  The big question is, does tinc need the two nodes have a static IP
>>  address ?
>>  
>>  I don't want to modify the router configuration or to create nat rules
>>  in the home router.
>>  
>>  Thanks,
>>  André
>>  
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