OpenVPN vs WireGuard: Which protocol is best?

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OpenVPN

OpenVPN was first released in May 2001. Although the PPTP protocol had been around for five years already at this point, OpenVPN became popular because it offered stronger encryption without too much of a drop in speed. Over the years, vulnerabilities were patched and new clients were developed that brought OpenVPN support to a greater range of devices. This previously unseen level of versatility no doubt contributed to OpenVPN becoming the default protocol for most commercial VPN apps until just a few short years ago.

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WireGuard

WireGuard was not designed to obfuscate user traffic to this degree, and only supports UDP. This means that a simple, standalone WireGuard connection is easy to detect. However, as WireGuard is so extensible, most VPN providers have added their own obfuscation methods on top. The efficacy of these varies, but we’ve seen services with WireGuard support that even work in China, so the protocol clearly isn’t a limiting factor in this regard.

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OpenVPN was first released in May 2001. Although the PPTP protocol had been around for five years already at this point, OpenVPN became popular because it offered stronger encryption without too much of a drop in speed. Over the years, vulnerabilities were patched and new clients were developed that brought OpenVPN support to a greater range of devices. This previously unseen level of versatility no doubt contributed to OpenVPN becoming the default protocol for most commercial VPN apps until just a few short years ago.

OpenVPN was first released in May 2001. Although the PPTP protocol had been around for five years already at this point, OpenVPN became popular because it offered stronger encryption without too much of a drop in speed. Over the years, vulnerabilities were patched and new clients were developed that brought OpenVPN support to a greater range of devices. This previously unseen level of versatility no doubt contributed to OpenVPN becoming the default protocol for most commercial VPN apps until just a few short years ago.