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| Original author(s) | Jason A. Donenfeld |
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| Developer(s) | Jason A. Donenfeld |
| Initial release | 2015[1] |
| Stable release | 1.0.20220627[2] 
/ 27 June 2022 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C (Linux, FreeBSD kernel modules, NetBSD, OpenBSD kernel drivers, Windows kernel drivers), Go (userspace implementation) |
| Operating system | |
| Type | Virtual private network |
| License | various free and open-source |
| Website | www |
WireGuard is a communication protocol and free and open-source software that implements encrypted virtual private networks (VPNs).[5] It aims to be lighter 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.
- ^ https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-linux-compat/tag/?h=v1.0.20220627. Retrieved 4 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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