0.5.01BSD-3-Clause
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Like netcat, but over Tailscale's data plane, without the control plane
Tailcat is a remix of Tailscale open source pieces to act like netcat, but over Tailscale's data
plane, without Tailscale's control plane. Tailscale's data plane (magicsock) gives you
point-to-point WireGuard-encrypted tunnels between two machines, using DERP relays for NAT
hole-punching and as a relay of last resort. Unlike Tailscale itself, tailcat needs no account,
no control plane, and no root/admin access. All connection metadata is exchanged out of band
(e.g. by copy/paste or DNS TXT record) and everything runs in userspace via a gVisor netstack.
Please refer to the upstream project https://github.com/tailscale/tailcat for more information.
plane, without Tailscale's control plane. Tailscale's data plane (magicsock) gives you
point-to-point WireGuard-encrypted tunnels between two machines, using DERP relays for NAT
hole-punching and as a relay of last resort. Unlike Tailscale itself, tailcat needs no account,
no control plane, and no root/admin access. All connection metadata is exchanged out of band
(e.g. by copy/paste or DNS TXT record) and everything runs in userspace via a gVisor netstack.
Please refer to the upstream project https://github.com/tailscale/tailcat for more information.
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