WireGuard Secure Network Tunnel Is Eyeing Mainline, Running On Android

[phoronix]

Phoronix: WireGuard Secure Network Tunnel Is Eyeing Mainline, Running On Android

Back in June we reported on WireGuard as a next-generation secure network tunnel for the Linux kernel. We haven't heard much on WireGuard in recent months, but this New Year's morning we received a message from their lead developer with a status update...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=WireGuard-2016

[boxie]

I am looking forward to seeing this hit mainline and then everyday desktop machines!

[falstaff]

Already replaced OpenVPN here for my VPN between Notebook/Home Internet connection. Works already amazing well between Arch Linux and LEDE. The statelessness is really awesome! jason, in a talk you mentioned potential reviews from security researchers, any progress on that front?

[alokhan]

I am also using it between my server and my desktop, works very well and easy to configure

I read in the mailing list that the backport for Android (android linux kernel) is kind of ugly but it seems to work

[dagger]

Makes me wonder if there are any plans to add FreeBSD kernel support. I'm sure pfsense/opnsense would benefit greatly from it.