Wireguard VPN

[Miggi]

Hi,

Implementation of WireGuard would be awesome.
Its a small but strong VPN Solution, based on newer Security Algorithms and is getting to build into Linux Kernel
Wireguard looks like it takes OpenVPN and IPSec out of Business ^^
Something about 4000 Lines of Code(instead of 400-600k) and open source
Official Website
Https://www.wireguard.com/

[murgero]

@Miggi I love the idea, however - One issue I see with this is the claim of being better than OpenVPN, but no certification by a reputable security firm like OpenVPN. I have tried Wireguard though - amazing how fast and easy it was to configure. But just not old enough to be considered stable - yet.

[yusf]

Wireguard 1.0.0 is now audited, released and included in the Linux 5.6. Time to get the app going!

[imc67]

@yusf Wouldn't it be great to combine it with Pi-hole, then you have an all-in-one "always safe home" connection? The apps (ie. iOS and MacOS) of Wireguard are btw absolutely great, always connection, fast, never failes and even after reboot immediately connects.

[girish]

Is there a wireguard UI in progress? We can probably re-purpose what @mehdi wrote for the OpenVPN app for wireguard as well.

[imc67]

@girish there are a lot (too many) initiatives for a web GUI none really mature IMHO. Currently I use PIVPN (can also be installed on Ubuntu) with commandline, very easy, very simple and also with QR code (from the command line!)

[will]

@murgero Wireguard has been audited many times now. It is even upstreamed into the kernel.

Replying to old comments is hard apparently.

[murgero]

@yusf 100% this!! I actually already use it daily heheh

[murgero]

@will My original response to this post was almost a year ago - so of course stuff has changed since........

[will]

@murgero hahaah noted! I'll remove my reply!

[murgero]

@will No worries mate cheers!

[marcusquinn]

For interest I find this WG service decent. I have 1Gb fibre and it's able to achieve about 90% of that speed, whereas Open VPN (with pfSense on Vultr) I get about 20% of my bandwidth:

https://www.azirevpn.com/cfg/wireguard

And if any geeks are looking to relocate:

https://www.digital.je/choose-jersey/connectivity-and-network-infrastructure/

[Mallewax]

@Miggi I am a big fan, too and are upvoting.

Please also see this thread:

https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/1355/pi-hole-network-wide-ad-blocking/17?_=1594947401156

Together it makes even more sense.

[dylightful]

+1 - Been using WireGuard over OpenVPN for the past couple of months and prefer it!

[dylightful]

@girish Now that Adguard has been implemented. Any future plans for Wireguard?

[imc67]

@dylightful I really hope so, OpenVPN from iOS and MacOS is dramatic (maybe also on other platforms?) and WireGuard is really fast, stateless and always on.

[ruihildt]

Wireguard is also low on battery usage comparing to OpenVPN. (on Android at least)