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^This^ ^is^ ^a^ ^joke,^ ^I^ ^didn't^ ^really^ ^lock^ ^myself^ ^out^

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[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Wireguard is a VPN protocol, so you are able to tunnel into their router to…do what exactly?

[-] Anivia@feddit.org 1 points 3 days ago

It let's me remote into their LAN, thus bypassing the firewall

[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Please forgive the ignorance here. What are you trying to do? I thought you were trying to reboot an offline server. I’m probably just confused!

[-] Anivia@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

Well, the original post (as in the image) is about locking yourself out of a remote server by changing a firewall rule, thus needing to drive to the server to access it locally.

By using wireguard to tunnel into the router, you can remotely enter the LAN, thus bypassing the firewall, as if you were accessing the server locally.

[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Ohhhhh gotcha! Thanks for explaining. I think I just invented the offline part in my head lol

this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2025
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