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[–] Netrunner@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The whole point of mTLS is that you dont need to use a VPN to achieve that same security.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 6 days ago

that's not that same security. an observer will still know that you are connecting over HTTPS to a particular doman/IP, maybe they can also deduce that you are using mTLS, and all your other traffic is not protected by it at all. all the while with wireguard, they can see that it's wireguard traffic, and where it goes, but anything inside is secret, plus if an app uses unencrypted traffic for some reason (smb, dns, custom and special protocols), wireguard will hide and protect that too.

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I get that, but a lot of people are already using a VPN to access their self-hosted system.