AJ Dellinger is a writer, reporter, and editor based in Madison, Wisconsin. He has been published in Wired, Gizmodo, CNET, and a variety of other publications. He has covered small business and ...

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WireGuard is faster, lighter, and more secure than previous VPN encryption standards, but it has some drawbacks, too. We help you decide if the new security protocol is right for you. I'm a senior ...

Awesome, this was the last big hurdle for Wireguard in my usage. I migrated away from (most) OpenVPN instances in the last year and a half and I've been really impressed by it. Lightweight, fast, ...

VPNs, or virtual private networks, are an important part of any security and privacy toolbox. VPNs are essentially encrypted connections between two or more devices that enable you to route data ...

ProtonVPN has made WireGuard the default protocol for all of its customers. WireGuard is an open-source VPN protocol that's widely praised for being faster, easier to configure, and more secure than ...

The WireGuard VPN project announced a major milestone for its Windows users today—an all-new, kernel-mode implementation of the VPN protocol called WireGuardNT. The new implementation allows for ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Digital privacy and security is a dynamic sector that constantly evolves to keep up with new ...

In the VPN industry, a big selling point of any product is the type of security protocol(s) it supports. Far from there being one dominant, standardized protocol at a time, new and old ones are ...