cm0002@piefed.world to Privacy@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoMullvad: Reminder that OpenVPN is being removed January 15th 2026mullvad.netexternal-linkmessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down10 cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareISO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAnd user-space implementations of WireGuard are used a lot anyway, especially on mobile. Every VPN provider app ships with one, at least as a backup (It’s wireguard-go usually since boringtun is not well maintained).
minus-squareScoopta@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYeah, I’m just pointing out that OpenVPN has a kernel implementation since it does seem to make quite a large performance difference when available.
And user-space implementations of WireGuard are used a lot anyway, especially on mobile. Every VPN provider app ships with one, at least as a backup (It’s
wireguard-gousually sinceboringtunis not well maintained).Yeah, I’m just pointing out that OpenVPN has a kernel implementation since it does seem to make quite a large performance difference when available.