As much as I adore all my self-hosted tools, there are certain services that I simply couldn’t survive without. Pulse, for instance, is the sole monitoring utility for my home lab, especially since it ...

Virtual private network (VPN) technology has been a cornerstone of the networking landscape for decades, beginning first with the IPsec protocol then getting a bit easier with SSL-VPN technology. But ...

After a series of articles on the enterprise-grade Tailscale VPN whose free version suits his needs just fine, Tom demonstrate his quick-and-easy process of utilizing the VPN on a home ...

Tom sets up remote access to his home lab, adds Linux and cloud devices, explores Tailscale's features and technology -- and really likes what he sees. In a previous article I set up remote access to ...

Have you ever tried to access your Synology NAS remotely, only to find yourself tangled in a web of port forwarding, dynamic DNS setups, or router configurations that feel more like a puzzle than a ...