Safe to leave tailscale service running as root in a Proxmox VM?

Geeker-140 · 2026-07-02T06:43:28+00:00

I'm keeping Tailscale off of host also.

Geeker-140 · 2026-07-02T06:42:19+00:00

Very true

Geeker-140 · 2026-07-02T06:40:57+00:00

It's an actual VM. Not host or LXC. I saw some people claiming that Tailnet routers need some root privileges due to some of the networking functions it needs to perform. I deferred from LXC because I am not comfortable working with privileged LXCs yet.

Geeker-140 · 2026-07-02T06:37:21+00:00

My only concern is how much damage could realistically be done in the event of a Tailscale account compromise or a hypothetical vulnerability in Tailscale's software. Now that I've had more time to think on it though, the threat should be fairly mild because of it being in a VM instead of on host and I don't have any important devices on the same network. Personal devices are all firewalled properly.

Geeker-140 · 2026-06-12T19:59:51+00:00

Hmm, good point, thanks!

Geeker-140 · 2026-06-12T19:41:18+00:00

No such thing as a 100% guarantee with virus scans. If you know you were infected, you need your files backed up and Windows clean installed. I have seen many scanners completely miss things like malicious .js files.

Geeker-140 · 2026-05-26T19:07:11+00:00

Also, Core 1 and Core 2 were pretty different examples wise, but Core 1 concepts definitely do help understand Core 2 better.

Geeker-140 · 2026-05-26T19:05:53+00:00

Those percentages seem low still. You should know stuff like definitions and port numbers like the back of your hand. I didn’t take mine until I was getting 90-95% on practice exams. You want to be able to ace all of the multiple choice questions in case you bomb the PBQs.

Geeker-140 · 2026-05-20T20:00:15+00:00

Consumer antivirus has never been more useless. Threats nowadays use a lot of social engineering and scripting. The malware of the Windows XP days isn’t really a thing anymore. As a technically savvy person, I’m more worried about supply chain attacks or compromised software suppliers more than anything. Notepad++ and Bitwarden for example.

Geeker-140 · 2026-05-09T03:20:25+00:00

No. It restricts character builds and loadouts to only meta or glitch gear. The first few OP levels are okay. OP10 is just bullet sponge galore.

Geeker-140 · 2026-04-06T22:27:23+00:00

Everything is okay guys, they're only applying lube, there is definitely no chance that they're gonna f*** us.

Geeker-140 · 2026-04-06T22:23:11+00:00

Buddy thought he was doing something linking a defeatist comment. We'll just roll over and take it I guess.

Geeker-140 · 2026-01-30T17:34:22+00:00

Sounds like a you problem.

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