is tailscale safter than a VPN?

[Coldair]

I still haven't been able to use my cameras on the WAN since my port forwarding went down, I tried NGrok but that does not stay up for me.

I have a 1.2 gig comcast business class with a dedicated IP

 

[bigredfish]

Tailscale IS a VPN

Its based on the code for WireGuard, a popular and fast VPN. By most accounts WireGuard is faster (confirmed) and more secure than OpenVPN

Tailscale: How it works

Understand the entire Tailscale system, how it works, how we built it, and its benefits compared to legacy VPNs. Use this article as a guide to quickly build your own Tailscale replacement.

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