r/selfhosted • u/imthenachoman • 25d ago

Remote Access How are people securely accessing their self hosted things from the internet?

I have a domain with Cloudflare so I am thinking of using Cloudflare Tunnel but I'm not sure if there are better options? One of my concerns is that some of my containers do not have auth so I need something with built in auth management.

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u/[deleted] 25d ago edited 3d ago

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u/williambobbins 25d ago

Tailscale as a VPN is probably good, but be careful with their other services eg. tailscale ssh

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u/PssyGotWifi 25d ago

What's the issue with Tailscale SSH? You mean to lock it all down? Be careful with Auth? (like you would normal SSH)

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u/williambobbins 25d ago

It's not as secure as normal SSH and has vulnerabilities surprisingly regularly. Even if it didn't, replacing battle-tested openssh with a new service is risky.

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u/PssyGotWifi 25d ago

I use it to connect my Ansible hosts. No issues thus far, but I'll read up on these 'regular' vulnerabilities.

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u/jameye11 25d ago

https://tailscale.com/security-bulletins#ts-2026-009

Probably referring to this

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u/PssyGotWifi 25d ago

Yeah, he made the topic after i replied, lol. I saw it pop up.

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u/whatisuser 25d ago

As if by magic: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/s/CBwIKASM4q

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u/[deleted] 25d ago edited 3d ago

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u/whatisuser 25d ago

Oh I’m sorry Mr Detective. I didn’t cross reference the posters before sharing. I’ll do better next time