network:vpn

About

A virtual private network is a network that is not physical but logical.

Two networks are connected securely via a tunnel and they create the same subnet.

The local traffic is routed through the vpn server.

WireGuard ¹⁾ is a VPN protocol / application.

It is as easy to set up a WireGuard connection as it is an SSH account.
It’s based on Trevor Perrin’s Noise protocol framework ²⁾,
It does no negotiation;
there are no cryptographic parameters to select.
Its reference implementation ³⁾ is just 5000 lines of kernel code; you can read it in an hour or so.
It’s extremely fast.

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