Stop Exposing Your Home Lab – Do This Instead
Like most, when I first spun up my home lab, one of the first things I wanted to do like anyone is to be able to hit my home lab services from the Internet. And, I did this for a few years, but had a Windows 10 machine hacked even with some pretty serious hardening and security measures. It made me realize no matter how much security you place on a machine, sticking it out on the Internet is a no no. Let’s look at why you need to stop exposing your home lab and tools for secure remote access for home lab instead.
In testing a lot of the solutions today for remote access, I have settled on Twingate for secure remote access for home lab. It is really easy to setup and they have a free account which is great for home labs. With the free account, it is free for 5 users, you get the enterprise connectors, split tunneling, and conditional access policies.
Some may not like the fact that it is a paid solution with a proprietary cloud dashboard, but so far, this has not been a show stopper for me. The cloud dashboard actually makes it easier to manage from wherever you are and since it is free as part of the solution, this is an added bonus in my opinion.
