Currently I set up Tailscale in my Synology NAS and I can access selfhosted services on my phone using the Android app. I want to use some services in my work PC too but I’m blocked from installing any software. So my question is, is there any solution that allows me to connect to selfhosted VPN via browser extension? (Just like NordVPN, I can install the browser extension to use it and I don’t need the Windows app.)

  • AtariDump@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    10 months ago

    I’d be very wary about trying to bypass any workplace restriction (which includes using a no -company VPN etc. etc.)

    Depending on your line of work this could range from a slap on the wrist onto immediate termination and fines.

    • RBG@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      Yeah, that is the unfortunate reality. The better way is going through your IT department to get those extra things you need for work. If you are found out, and I am sure IT will eventually be able to, you will be in trouble.

  • valkyre09@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    I use Cloudflare tunnels for this very reason, you can protect access to the page behind a login (I use azure AD).

    It basically acts like a reverse proxy allowing me access to those local resources without anything being installed on the client computer.

    • k4j8@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I had the same problem as OP. My solution was to port forward to my server but then block connections from all IP addresses accept from my work, which I added to an allowlist.

      It’s working well so far, but I think the Cloudflare tunnel is the better option.

  • Moonrise2473@feddit.itEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    Most “VPN” browser extensions (if not all of them) aren’t actually doing a VPN connection but just change the proxy setting in the browser. This is because as a browser extension they wouldn’t have enough permissions/power to establish a real VPN connection.

    So if you want to use a browser extension you have to run a proxy server, or as other said, just use cloudflared as running a proxy server attracts bots from all over the world

  • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    10 months ago

    Configure the Funnel feature in Tailscale.

    Funnel enables non-Tailscale clients to access specified resources in your Tailscale network via an encrypted tunnel provided by Tailscale.org.

  • Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyzBEnglish
    24·
    10 months ago

    Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:

    Fewer Letters More Letters
    NAS Network-Attached Storage
    SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access
    VPN Virtual Private Network

    3 acronyms in this thread; the most compressed thread commented on today has 8 acronyms.

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