WireGuard
Fast, modern, secure VPN tunnel
WireGuard is an open-source VPN protocol and implementation that uses state-of-the-art cryptography to create secure, high-performance network tunnels. It is designed to be simpler and faster than IPsec and OpenVPN, with a minimal codebase that is easy to audit. It runs inside the Linux kernel and is cross-platform, supporting Windows, macOS, BSD, iOS, and Android.
WireGuard adds a network interface that encrypts and routes IP packets over UDP using public-key cryptography, associating peers with allowed IP addresses via a cryptokey routing table.
system administrators, developers, and network engineers needing secure VPN tunnels
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- open-source
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