WireGuard information

WireGuard
Original author(s)	Jason A. Donenfeld
Developer(s)	Jason A. Donenfeld
Initial release	2015; 9 years ago
Stable release	1.0.20220627 / 27 June 2022; 21 months ago
Repository	git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-linux ;
Written in	C (Linux, FreeBSD kernel modules, NetBSD, OpenBSD kernel drivers, Windows kernel drivers), Go (userspace implementation)
Operating system	Android; iOS; Linux; FreeBSD; NetBSD; OpenBSD; macOS; Windows 7+; Other;
Type	Virtual private network
License	various free and open-source
Website	www.wireguard.com

WireGuard is a communication protocol and free and open-source software that implements encrypted virtual private networks (VPNs), and was designed with the goals of ease of use, high speed performance, and low attack surface.^[5] It aims to be smaller and better performing than IPsec and OpenVPN, two common tunneling protocols.^[6] The WireGuard protocol passes traffic over UDP.^[7]

In March 2020, the Linux version of the software reached a stable production release and was incorporated into the Linux 5.6 kernel, and backported to earlier Linux kernels in some Linux distributions.^[4] The Linux kernel components are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2; other implementations are under GPLv2 or other free/open-source licenses.^[5]

The name WireGuard is a registered trademark of Jason A. Donenfeld.^[5]

^ Grauer, Yael (16 January 2021). "How one hacker's push to secure the internet became a crucial part of Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems". Business Insider. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
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^ Preneel, Bart; Vercauteren, Frederik, eds. (11 June 2018). Applied Cryptography and Network Security. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-93387-0. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
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[1] Grauer, Yael (16 January 2021). "How one hacker's push to secure the internet became a crucial part of Mac, Linux, and Windows operating systems". Business Insider. Retrieved 25 November 2022.

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[wireguard-site-6] "WireGuard: fast, modern, secure VPN tunnel". WireGuard. Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2021.

[7] Preneel, Bart; Vercauteren, Frederik, eds. (11 June 2018). Applied Cryptography and Network Security. Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-93387-0. Archived from the original on 18 February 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2018.

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