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> Enter our own WireGuard implementation called BoringTun. In retrospect, I guess it's obvious that when nerdy but extremely popular tech mogul globally popula
by kbenson 5y ago
> Enter our own WireGuard implementation called BoringTun.
In retrospect, I guess it's obvious that when nerdy but extremely popular tech mogul globally popularizes a pun on tunneling and boring that we'd see it pop up other places.
Still though, ugh.
- bityard 5y agoI doubt the reference to Musk's brand is intentional. It's more likely that it's a reference/homage to BoringSSL (https://github.com/google/boringssl https://github.com/google/boringssl) and "boring tech" in general that is purposefully designed to be minimalist, simple to use, and narrow in scope.