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I had been using wireguard-go (macports) on the Mac for a few months now and I'm simply amazed by the performance. Also using it on my phone. Weirdly enough whe

I had been using wireguard-go (macports) on the Mac for a few months now and I'm simply amazed by the performance. Also using it on my phone. Weirdly enough when it's on my connection is more stable, probably because it bypasses the traffic shaping by my ISP through its UDP use. I couldn't find any information on whether or not this uses wireguard-go internally? Or maybe even the Rust implementation? p.s. the snow on https://data.zx2c4.com/wireguard-for-macos-screenshots-february-2019/ https://data.zx2c4.com/wireguard-for-macos-screenshots-febru... is pretty hilarious

qalmakka 8y ago
The is no native XNU kext or bsd module AFAIK, so I guess it must be using the Go implementation underneath.
- loeg 8y ago
  There is a WIP (Net)BSD wireguard implementation, but that's a long way from something you could just use on MacOS, and the developers are unaffiliated with zx2c4. https://github.com/ozaki-r/netbsd-src/tree/wireguard https://github.com/ozaki-r/netbsd-src/tree/wireguard
  - zx2c4 8y ago
    There's also a WIP OpenBSD port in progress. Over the next week or so I've got some plans to try to start working more closely with these developers and make sure the BSD kernel ports are first party supported implementations.
    - loeg 8y ago
      That's great news, thank you.
    - gonzo 8y ago
      If you don’t know of any efforts to make this available on FreeBSD, I’m interested in doing so. If you do: I’m willing to help. One end-goal is to subsequently enable pfsense.
- fulafel 8y ago
  A memory safe implementation is probably what you want.
guessmyname 8y ago
It was a surprise because I’ve been using the same effect in my personal website [1] for several years (since 2003), as an Easter Egg during Christmas season. I got the script from this website (in case anyone is interested) [2]. I also have an Easter Egg for Valentine’s Day [2] which I’m always proud to show to my partner. [1] https://cixtor.com/?christmas https://cixtor.com/?christmas [2] http://schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/ http://schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/ [3] https://cixtor.com/?valentine https://cixtor.com/?valentine
- mcnesium 8y ago
  > Easter Egg during Christmas season true punk!
js2 8y ago
Apparently it's using wireguard-go as on iOS. https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-ios/tree/ https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-ios/tree/
djhworld 8y ago
> Also using it on my phone. How have you set it up on your phone? EDIT: note I am interested in doing this but I'm on Android, I was under the impression you would need to root the device
- apexalpha 8y ago
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wireguard.android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wireguard.... This is the one you need. You only need root if you want to install the (Linux) Kernel Mod for better performance. If this isn't present the app will automatically use the Go (Userspace) implementation. Although slower than the kernelspace implementation it's still faster and better than OpenVPN. If you want to install the kernel mod yourself checkout this XDA thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/wireguard-rom-integration-t3711635 https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/wiregua...
- chrisper 8y ago
  You only need root if you want to run it as a kernel module. Otherwise it will just run in userspace.
Fnoord 8y ago
> p.s. the snow on https://data.zx2c4.com/wireguard-for-macos-screenshots-febru.. https://data.zx2c4.com/wireguard-for-macos-screenshots-febru.... is pretty hilarious Comic Sans MS, we meet again! (Happy WireGuard user; using the go version on macOS for ages, using wg-quick, using the EdgeOS port on my Ubiquity router, and using the Android userspace version. Roaming simply works. Only thing which sucks is on Android the VPN gets lost when you update the software.)

qalmakka 8y ago

The is no native XNU kext or bsd module AFAIK, so I guess it must be using the Go implementation underneath.

loeg 8y ago
There is a WIP (Net)BSD wireguard implementation, but that's a long way from something you could just use on MacOS, and the developers are unaffiliated with zx2c4. https://github.com/ozaki-r/netbsd-src/tree/wireguard https://github.com/ozaki-r/netbsd-src/tree/wireguard
- zx2c4 8y ago
  There's also a WIP OpenBSD port in progress. Over the next week or so I've got some plans to try to start working more closely with these developers and make sure the BSD kernel ports are first party supported implementations.
  - loeg 8y ago
    That's great news, thank you.
  - gonzo 8y ago
    If you don’t know of any efforts to make this available on FreeBSD, I’m interested in doing so. If you do: I’m willing to help. One end-goal is to subsequently enable pfsense.
fulafel 8y ago
A memory safe implementation is probably what you want.

guessmyname 8y ago

It was a surprise because I’ve been using the same effect in my personal website [1] for several years (since 2003), as an Easter Egg during Christmas season. I got the script from this website (in case anyone is interested) [2]. I also have an Easter Egg for Valentine’s Day [2] which I’m always proud to show to my partner. [1] https://cixtor.com/?christmas https://cixtor.com/?christmas [2] http://schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/ http://schillmania.com/projects/snowstorm/ [3] https://cixtor.com/?valentine https://cixtor.com/?valentine

mcnesium 8y ago
> Easter Egg during Christmas season true punk!

js2 8y ago

Apparently it's using wireguard-go as on iOS. https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-ios/tree/ https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-ios/tree/

djhworld 8y ago

> Also using it on my phone. How have you set it up on your phone? EDIT: note I am interested in doing this but I'm on Android, I was under the impression you would need to root the device

apexalpha 8y ago
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wireguard.android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wireguard.... This is the one you need. You only need root if you want to install the (Linux) Kernel Mod for better performance. If this isn't present the app will automatically use the Go (Userspace) implementation. Although slower than the kernelspace implementation it's still faster and better than OpenVPN. If you want to install the kernel mod yourself checkout this XDA thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/wireguard-rom-integration-t3711635 https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/wiregua...
chrisper 8y ago
You only need root if you want to run it as a kernel module. Otherwise it will just run in userspace.

Fnoord 8y ago

> p.s. the snow on https://data.zx2c4.com/wireguard-for-macos-screenshots-febru.. https://data.zx2c4.com/wireguard-for-macos-screenshots-febru.... is pretty hilarious Comic Sans MS, we meet again! (Happy WireGuard user; using the go version on macOS for ages, using wg-quick, using the EdgeOS port on my Ubiquity router, and using the Android userspace version. Roaming simply works. Only thing which sucks is on Android the VPN gets lost when you update the software.)