I stumbled across Diode whilst looking for ways to do secure off-site backups (to my own equipment at another house) and it feels like a paid-for TOR (Ok, there is a free option)
I’m looking for any real experience as the site has too much marketing lingo in it:
Every Client is secured with a public/private key self-custody identity
And this doesn’t seem very dynamic if I want to change something:
Diode’s Blockchain Name System can be used for Client friendly names
And somewhere on the site it infers unlimited storage…!
So, is the free option worth me looking into, or is it a waste of time?
It sounds to me that for your specific use case, the tailscale free option would be a better match. You can self host it if you would like, using headscale (involves a little more work though). It’s basically like an orchestrator for wireguard tunnels.
I’m running tailscale on quite a few of my systems. I’ve configured the Grants (like advanced ACL’s) to allow for only specific services available from certain hosts while other hosts can act as exit nodes like a VPN egress. I’ve found it very useful for connecting families networks up so that I can assist with remote troubleshooting help and I’ve used it to reach back into my own network while traveling.
Hmm, ok, I’d not thought of the remote troubleshooting part.
The NAS is at a family member’s home, so the troubleshooting might come up in the future.
Thanks