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How VPS Pilot works and why it's built the way it is.

  1. Monitoring a VPS without opening a single inbound port

    · Sandakelum · 7 min read

    The VPS Pilot agent dials out to a hub you host, over TLS, so the servers you monitor accept no new connections. Here's how one pasted token authenticates both ends, what the connection can carry, and what it costs.