Difference between revisions of "WireGuard"

Revision as of 07:11, 6 December 2020

wikipedia:WireGuard is a free and open-source software application and communication protocol that implements virtual private network techniques to create secure point-to-point connections in routed or bridged configurations. It use Noise protocol framework, Curve25519, ChaCha20, Poly1305, BLAKE2, SipHash24 and HKDF.

Technical features:

Curve25519 used for identified peers, using their public key, a 32-byte Curve25519 point

 $ sudo apt install wireguard

Included in March 2020 into the Linux Kernel 5.6 , available in Ubuntu since Ubuntu 20.10

WireGuard's encryption speed claims to be faster that IPsec group protocols.

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    $ sudo apt install wireguard
-Included in March [[2020]] into the [[Linux Kernel changelog|Linux Kernel 5.6]]
+Included in March [[2020]] into the [[Linux Kernel changelog|Linux Kernel 5.6]] , available in Ubuntu since [[Ubuntu 20.10]]
 * [[NordVPN]] offers [[NordLynx]] built on WireGuard