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I am trying to setup my server for remote use and to share with a few friends/family. I've always heard going through a VPN would be the most secure method. However I don't want to provide Internet access, only my shares. Is there I way to limit what access you grant with a VPN or is there an alternative method? Thank you for any help!

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On 5/30/2020 at 7:01 AM, philthy said:

I am trying to setup my server for remote use and to share with a few friends/family. I've always heard going through a VPN would be the most secure method. However I don't want to provide Internet access, only my shares. Is there I way to limit what access you grant with a VPN or is there an alternative method? Thank you for any help!

You can configure OpenVPN to do split tunelling (I hope that's how is called). So they will have access to your server without redirecting all their internet traffic trough VPN.

 

Other two easy alternatives are WireGuard and Zero Tier.

Look up on the internet how to configure every of them and be careful what you give access to. You can give them access to the entire network and thet may or may not be a bad idea.

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