WireGuard Is Still Looking Good As A Linux VPN Tunnel

[phoronix]

Phoronix: WireGuard Is Still Looking Good As A Linux VPN Tunnel

We've been talking about WireGuard for months and it's hoping to go mainline in the Linux kernel this calendar year. Earlier this month at FOSDEM was a status update on the project...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=WireGuard-VPN-FOSDEM-2017

[Wilfred]

If he claims it is easily auditable, he should have it audited. Until then, I'm not touching it. Certain configurations of openvpn+openssl have been audited by people who know cryptography, so those are preferable until then.
Also the lack of ports is a pity. One of the strengths of openvpn is that it has ports for just about everything.

[zx2c4]

1. Who said it hasn't been audited already?
2. More auditing is always better than less. It's not a given that a single audit finds everything.
3. It uses ports.

[pdffs]

3. It uses ports.

I think you'll find he was referring to ports for various operating systems, which will be more of a challenge here due to being kernel-mode and coupled with existing kernel interfaces.

[zx2c4]

Oh. Userspace implementations are in the pipeline. People have already begun work on them.