WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN

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Post by axiomdata316 » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 2:40 PM UTC

WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN
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Re: WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN

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Post by jhurliman » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 3:33 PM UTC

Is there a version of Ubuntu that has GUI NetworkManager support for WireGuard? I’m missing the convenience of toggling the VPN on and off from the system menu.

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Post by gclawes » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 3:34 PM UTC

jhurliman wrote: post #2

Is there a version of Ubuntu that has GUI NetworkManager support for WireGuard? I’m missing the convenience of toggling the VPN on and off from the system menu.

Or login management that doesn't involve pre-shared keys?

Re: WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN

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Post by dragonsh » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 3:35 PM UTC

I hope WireGuard can come to feature parity with TincVPN will be nice. Especially automatic routing and mesh VPN formation, it can really help our multi-cloud container clusters connected using TincVPN to be bit more performant.

The difference is WireGuard is part of Linux kernel so speed of processing packets is faster than TincVPN.

Still experimenting with WireGuard and manually creating peer to peer mesh.

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Post by kickout » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 3:35 PM UTC

jhurliman wrote: post #2

Is there a version of Ubuntu that has GUI NetworkManager support for WireGuard? I’m missing the convenience of toggling the VPN on and off from the system menu.

Agreed. I have Wireguard installed, but am positive I don't have it configured properly.

Re: WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN

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Post by sbradford26 » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 3:36 PM UTC

While I don't believe WireGuard is a drop in replacement for IPsec tunnels or OpenVPN I think it is a great solution to add a VPN tunnel back to your home network. I am running a WireGuard server on an Unraid server and it was trivial to setup and I can easily hit near gigabit speeds through it.

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Post by ahnick » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 3:37 PM UTC

dragonsh wrote: post #4

I hope WireGuard can come to feature parity with TincVPN will be nice. Especially automatic routing and mesh VPN formation, it can really help our multi-cloud container clusters connected using TincVPN to be bit more performant. The difference is WireGuard is part of Linux kernel so speed of processing packets is faster than TincVPN. Still experimenting with WireGuard and manually creating peer to peer mesh.

Tailscale looks promising. (https://tailscale.com/)

Re: WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN

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Post by deepersprout » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 3:40 PM UTC

sbradford26 wrote: post #6

While I don't believe WireGuard is a drop in replacement for IPsec tunnels or OpenVPN I think it is a great solution to add a VPN tunnel back to your home network. I am running a WireGuard server on an Unraid server and it was trivial to setup and I can easily hit near gigabit speeds through it.

> While I don't believe WireGuard is a drop in replacement for IPsec tunnels or OpenVPN

Why?

Re: WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN

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Post by niczem » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 3:43 PM UTC

Not so sure, as lonng as you can not disable logging:

https://www.perfect-privacy.com/en/blog/wireguard-vpn-pros-a...

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Post by jandeboevrie » Mon, Mar 02, 2020, 3:43 PM UTC

Freedombox makes wireguard so incredibly easy to deploy: https://raymii.org/s/tutorials/Wireguard_VPN_on_Freedombox.h...