Top VPN services supporting WireGuard technology

How true is the information about the new WireGuard technology? Can the new VPN protocol simultaneously improve data protection and streaming speeds? What are the pitfalls of the new technology? Let’s tackle each question in turn and take a look at the best WireGuard-enabled VPN services.

What is WireGuard?

WireGuard is a new secure protocol for tunneling traffic flows, similar to IPSec and OpenVPN. The new technology is a more reliable, simpler and faster alternative. Some experts call WireGuard the future of the VPN industry. The protocol has a very elegant code of just 4,000 lines (the same OpenVPN would require 400,000 lines). The lightness of the code makes it much easier to integrate it into a VPN, it’s even easier to test it, to find vulnerabilities.

The high level of data encryption is provided by using superfast cryptographic primitives.

It’s worth adding that the technology is compatible with Android OS. WireGuard is convenient to use on mobile devices because VPN servers are always available even if the user is constantly switching between the mobile network and different Wi-Fi networks.

Most of the data protection and speed tests show impressive results. However, the technology still needs to be refined and tested before mass adoption begins.

OpenVPN vs. WireGuard

Compared to OpenVPN, WireGuard is faster, easier to use, and more secure against all kinds of attacks. The level of encryption is also high.

We do not have to write off OpenVPN because it has its advantages. For example, it guarantees the complete privacy of the user in the network, which is not yet very good at WireGuard. At the same time, most VPNs today are perfectly compatible to work with OpenVPN technology, so it does not require additional configuration.

The pitfalls

WireGuard’s state-of-the-art cryptography techniques and simplified code provide ideal user protection in terms of online security. The protocol is more stable, quickly reconnecting to a new available VPN server, minimizing the amount of time a user can be hacked, traced or spotted.

When it comes to data privacy, WireGuard still needs to improve. After all, while an IP address is being assigned, the technology requires the VPN service to store timestamps and the real IP address in logs. This data can be successfully used to track the user and completely de-anonymize them.

The best VPNs with full WireGuard support

CyberGhost

CyberGhost is a very convenient and simple VPN specifically designed for streaming content. For now, the new protocol does not have full support in all apps of the service, but WireGuard is already available in the beta iOS app and the Linux app. In the second case, you’ll have to type the command “-wireguard” in the CyberGhost program command line to activate the protocol.

Developers used RESTful API and RSA certificate protection to eliminate data privacy issue for full-fledged masking of user data. No traffic is stored in the logs. An additional daemon acts as an intermediary between WireGuard and the client device, assigning dynamic IP addresses and then, deleting them at regular intervals of a few minutes so that session data cannot be traced.

CyberGhost freely handles watching a series via streaming, as well as downloading multiple movies via BitTorrent. Additionally, there is an ad blocker, IP/ DNS leak protection, performs emergency internet shutdown, and malware tracking.

CyberGhost features:

• Up to 7 devices can be connected simultaneously;
• 45-day money-back guarantee;
• works with most streaming services (Hulu, Vudu, Netflix, HBO Go, etc.);
• 7,730 WireGuard-enabled servers in 90 countries;
• Support for Windows, Mac, Linux, Android iOS, Ubuntu, etc.

ExpressVPN

ExpressVPN is a service that offers very high speed, only through its own Lightway protocol. It uses wolfSSL encryption algorithm, the reliability of which has been confirmed by reliable sources. The protocol is very economical use of battery power of your mobile device.

ExpressVPN guarantees protection of connection and in case of connection breakage, Internet traffic is blocked. You can not be afraid of data leakage because there is AES-256 encryption, proven protection against DNS leaks.

ExpressVPN features:

• ultra-fast streaming connections;
• 30-day money-back guarantee;
• Up to 5 devices can be connected simultaneously;
• More than 3000 servers in more than 90 countries (easy geo-block bypass);
• works with most streaming services (Hulu, HBO Max, Netflix, Disney+, etc.)
• support for Android, Linux, Apple TV, Windows, Mac, iOS, and others.

PIA

PIA or Private Internet Access is the most robust solution that WireGuard supports. The protocol is initialized through the connection settings. But first, make sure that the latest version of PIA is installed. 24-hour customer support is available.

To solve the confidentiality problem, it was decided to use an RSA certificate, secured by a RESTful API. PIA fully complies with a no-logging policy. It created its own daemon, the main function of which is to delete absolutely all data about the connection every 3 minutes.

First-class encryption is reinforced by the adware, adware and ad blocker. There is strong protection against IPv6, DNS and WebRTC leaks.

Basic speed through OpenVPN is pretty good, but WireGuard allows you to increase it significantly.

PIA features:

• 30-day money-back guarantee;
• 29650 servers with WireGuard in over 70 countries;
• Up to 10 different devices can be connected simultaneously;
• works with most popular streaming services (Showtime, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, HBO Go and others);
• support for Windows, iOS, Ubuntu, Linux, Mac, Android and others.

09.02.22

Written by: Carl J. Jones