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Technical features:
 
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* WireGuard is invisible to illegitimate peers and network scanners <ref>https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard.pdf</ref>
 
* WireGuard is invisible to illegitimate peers and network scanners <ref>https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard.pdf</ref>
* WireGuard use UDP port 41414.
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* WireGuard use [[UDP]] port 41414.
  
 
* [[Curve25519]] used for identified peers, using their public key, a 32-byte Curve25519 point
 
* [[Curve25519]] used for identified peers, using their public key, a 32-byte Curve25519 point

Revision as of 10:35, 10 April 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:

  • WireGuard is invisible to illegitimate peers and network scanners [1]
  • WireGuard use UDP port 41414.
  • 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

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

  • Debian packages: wireguard, wireguard-dkms, wireguard-tools


  • MacOS: brew install wireguard-tools
  • iOS: allows auto activation on WiFI based on SSID.

Commands

wireguard-go wg0
ip link add wg0 type wireguard

See also

  • https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard.pdf
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