Tailscale vs OpenVPN: What is the BEST was to secure your NAS?

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TOC
00:00 Introduction
01:08 What are these used for?
04:02 Requirements for 3rd party softwares
06:48 Ease of setup
07:58 Speed
13:03 Authentication
14:33 Cost
16:00 Security
19:14 Privacy
20:42 Compatibility
21:08 Ease of use
22:14 Use case: backups
24:19 Use case: office network
25:43 Conclusion
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[@dozerd42]

Really like the video! One critique: the video title has a misspelling and seems somewhat inaccurate. Instead of "Tailscale vs OpenVPN: What is the BEST was to secure your NAS?" I suggest the following: "Tailscale vs OpenVPN: What is the BEST way to remotely connect to your NAS?" A title like that seems better in my opinion👍

[@jonathanwright6482]

The game-changing difference for me is that I use Tailsscale to map network drives away from home using their Tailscale-assigned machine name - which is amazingly useful because it means the mapping stays the same regardless of whether I'm actually at home with my router's assigned IP address, or away, with my VPN's assigned IP address. I had problems with mapped drives using OpenVPN, but with Tailscale set to 'Run unattended' I no longer have to think about it.

[@chinyong1]

I use both. Tailscale for my offsite backup & it's really to setup! OpenVPN to access to other servers in home network or offsite network. Nice video!

[@M.V.P23]

WOW! I was literally thinking about this!!!! Thanks Space!

[@priteshtechark4380]

After spending a month to setup openvpn on synology Finally I use tailscale and I am happy.

[@Crushertalos]

Another fantastic video! Thank you for all of your hard work. Really informative.

[@weholmes5315]

For me, Tailscale is perfect for accessing home lab & Synology NAS from anywhere. Or I can just use UniFi Teleport. 😊

[@joestriedl]

Great video!

[@frankyvee1]

I use to use Open VPN but switched to Wireguard which is another alternative to Open VPN. I use Tailscale mostly with family and friends. It does work with Wireguard under the hood. But for me remoting back into my network I use self hosted Wireguard VPN.

[@jeremiahbullfrog9288]

Do you have a link to the offsite backup write-up you mentioned at 24:00?

[@frankyvee1]

BTW from looking at the screenshot of your Tailscale Admin console it shows that tailscale client update available on all your clients.

[@starfoxBR77]

Thank you for the evaluation!

[@jamesbennettackland]

Terrific video as always!

[@neoflix59]

I had tailscale installed but took fear of it when I added a friend to my tailscale and they said they could see my local files . Did I do something wrong

[@Contrafactz]

Hope you’re well. Sorry to post out of context. I’ll look for your email. I’ve been having constant SMB attacks. I can’t find any videos specifically on this type of attack. Does this mean hackers have gotten into my router/ modem? What should I do? Or, is this related to the 5000/5001 access? What should I do to stop this? I have all the other safety protocols you recommend in place. I also have three separate NAS running all with the same settings (I think) and this is the only one being attacked daily. Always a new IP. Please give me your advice if/ when you have time. Thank you 🙏

[@warthenry]

Would Cloudflare Tunnel work? I'd love to hear your opinion on it and if you think it's applicable here. thanks!

[@alienJIZ1990]

While I agree it's not necessarily ideal just on principle, opening a single UDP port for Wireguard with a pre-shared key etc. is still a very low risk, considering the nature of UDP itself and WireGuard

[@filhodosapo7794]

Rex, I installed Tailscale on my NAS and I got stuck LOL. I can't access my NAS, please help?

[@MrTubertub]

Thanks for the video. To work remote on the nas you always need download the files first. Specially with MS office documents this is a big hassle. How do you solve this?

[@-someone-.]

Privacy, openvpn won... but what if I run my own tail scale server? Great review bro! 👊

[@charlesbcraig]

I hear NetBird is similar and can be self-hosted

[@TheCynysterMind]

I like Open VPN... however the latest version of OPENVPNConnect has issues with OpenVPN on Synology. I have to use an Older version of the client to be able to VPN into my synology

[@penultimatename6677]

If I successfully connect to Tailscale without any alteration. Does this mean I made a direct connect? Or can the relay unknowingly get connected? Is there a query to prove which one is being used?

[@TidusGoh]

9:57 How do you attain a direct connection with Tailscale??

[@geog8964]

Thanks.

[@uctopgulumvardi]

So, with Tailscale VPN my file transfer from home NAS to work NAS are going through the Tailscale server? I don't want anything between my NAS to NAS connection.

[@SpaceRexWill]

They go through Tailscale relay severs (if not direct connection) in the same way that your network traffic routes through the 30+ routers on the internet between your ISP’s routers

[@uctopgulumvardi]

@@SpaceRexWill Thank you for your reply Will, I really appreciate it. I forgot the move from A to B ALWAYS goes through ISP :)

[@xellaz]

I still prefer using my own self hosted Wireguard VPN server when accessing my network remotely. No 3rd party company for me! 🤮

[@jeffsstuff]

My question is, if I have a router that offers VPN such as ubiquiti, is there any upside to having a NAS host it instead of the router?

[@SpaceRexWill]

I use it for user authentication for offices all the time. Way easier Plus easier to manage SSL certificates

[@dmille6]

why would you use either on the NAS level compared to the firewall level of things?

[@SpaceRexWill]

For offices, having user authentication through the NAS is very nice

[@user-wl8pv4bg6x]

What's the keyboard you use?

[@ekowlloyd]

Don’t know if you noticed the typo in the title

[@goodcitizen4587]

And how do they compare to Wireguard?

[@bountoj]

I believe Tailscale uses wireguard.

[@theloniousMac]

I prefer Perimeter81.