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Self-hosted VPN that can be accessed via browser extension (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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.)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

https://github.com/MHSanaei/3x-ui plus foxyproxy or Proxy SwitchyOmega if you're using chromiums

[–] [email protected] 2 points 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Maybe look into deploying a Socks5 proxy (e.g. socks5-server)? Then you can use socks5 browser extensions like FoxyProxy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

https://shadowsocks.org/ should be a good option, easy to install, encrypted, and password protected

[–] [email protected] 1 points 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.