VPN service for hosting public-facing services on non-hosting ISP circuits
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Re: VPN service for hosting public-facing services on non-hosting ISP circuits
#2Nice but be careful when doing this sorta thing at work that you dont compromise company policy.
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#3It might just be me, but I feel like this is going to be abused...badly. I know of a few other similar services that have had huge abuse issues.
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#4It might just be me, but I feel like this is going to be abused...badly. I know of a few other similar services that have had huge abuse issues.
Yeah, the very first thing I thought of was along the lines of "Oh, so this is how attackers will compromise a machine and run http://my-favorite-bank.com.holepunch.io/login-and-give-me-a... on a compromised computer."
I do see the benefit of the service, but I think it would be cool if they offered a self-hosted version. A LowEndBox for $20/year gets you a box and an IP to tunnel through.
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#5It might just be me, but I feel like this is going to be abused...badly. I know of a few other similar services that have had huge abuse issues.
Yeah, the very first thing I thought of was along the lines of "Oh, so this is how attackers will compromise a machine and run http://my-favorite-bank.com.holepunch.io/login-and-give-me-a... on a compromised computer." I do see the benefit of the service, but I think it would be cool if they offered a self-hosted version. A LowEndBox for $20/year gets you a box and an IP to tunnel through.
I am using a free tier instance in GCP and using tinc to accomplish exactly this. It's not "click and play" but setting it up is simple. If I ever outgrow the f1-micro its easy enough to add another node with a public IP.
It has the added benefit of being a full-on VPN, though I don't generally use it for regular internet browsing.
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#6I'll try to use this for SSH.
What's the best way to embed an SSH session inside of HTTP requests?
Re: VPN service for hosting public-facing services on non-hosting ISP circuits
#7This might actually be the future of running net-accessible stuff on your own devices, if the NAT-imposed unreachability continues to cement itself as the default expectation for people. Great that they have a free tier.
Though I think you can do this same thing with many existing tunnel providers too, no?
Re: VPN service for hosting public-facing services on non-hosting ISP circuits
#8Nice but be careful when doing this sorta thing at work that you dont compromise company policy.
Oh jesus don't do this at work without permission!
Re: VPN service for hosting public-facing services on non-hosting ISP circuits
#9It might just be me, but I feel like this is going to be abused...badly. I know of a few other similar services that have had huge abuse issues.
Well, this is working around externally imposed lack of internet connecivity after all. It might be called abuse by your local Mordac^Wperson disagreeing with you about risk assessments. You may want to try getting your net fixed, as an alternative to this proxying.
Re: VPN service for hosting public-facing services on non-hosting ISP circuits
#10How does this compare with ngrok?