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Mullvad and Tailscale Announce Partnership (mullvad.net)
submitted 2 years ago by leraje@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/2728889

From the article:

Since Tailscale was founded in 2019, customers have been forced to choose between either Tailscale or Mullvad without the ability for them to co-exist.
Today we announce a partnership with Tailscale that allows you to use both in conjunction through the Tailscale app. This functionality is not available through the Mullvad VPN app. This partnership allows customers of Tailscale to make use of our WireGuard VPN servers as “exit nodes”. This means that whilst connected to Tailscale, you can access your devices across Tailscale’s mesh network, whilst still connecting outbound through Mullvad VPN WireGuard servers in any location.

Announcement also on Tailscale blog.

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[–] emax_gomax@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have the utmost respect and appreciation for mullvad but I don't need a vpn without port forwarding so I cancelled my sub. They are still objectively the vest vpn, this is the only sticking point.

[–] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What does port forwarding gain you on a VPN? Sorry if the question is ignorant

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

You need it for file sharing apps like BitTorrent or Soulseek, if you don't want to be seen as a leech, and/or you want to use private trackers where you need to maintain a good ratio. :)

[–] retro@infosec.pub 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Most private trackers don't allow a shared VPN like Mullvad anyway. Some do but most don't.

[–] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Most private trackers don't allow you to browse the tracker site from a shared VPN, but I've never seen one that doesn't allow your torrent client to connect over one. That would make no sense.

[–] funkmunki@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Well that's awesome news.

[–] CumBroth@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If anyone wants to achieve something similar without using Tailscale or with alternative VPN providers, the setup outlined in this LSIO guide is pretty neat: https://www.linuxserver.io/blog/advanced-wireguard-container-routing

Edit: Don't be intimidated by the word "advanced". I struggled with this a bit at first (was also adapting it to use at home instead of on a VPS that's tunneling to home) but I got it working eventually and learned a lot in the process. Willing to assist folks who want to set it up.

[–] imgonnatrythis@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Yeah, sorry, still turning elsewhere since port forwarding a no go.