WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6

Re:WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6 by vbezhenar on Monday March 30, 2020 @09:11AM (#22727715)

I wonder how WireGuard compares to IPsec with regards to the mobile battery. AFAIK IPsec implemented in kernel while WireGuard uses user-space implementation on mobile devices, at least for now.

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Re:WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6 by yjftsjthsd-h on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:06AM (#22728111)

I'm pretty sure some ROMs already have kernel support, although I don't know details.

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Re:WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6 by kertis on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:22AM (#22728236)

For some Android kernels official WireGuard application supports in-kernel module. Fox example for pixel 3.

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Re:WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6 by packetlost on Monday March 30, 2020 @09:44AM (#22727930)

The code has been merged into the kernel as of 5.4(?) I believe, but we won't see that on mobile for quite awhile. I'm guessing IPSec will still have a lead on mobile for awhile for that reason, not that it has sort of majority on there anyway.

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Re:WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6 by fullstop on Monday March 30, 2020 @10:54AM (#22728490)

It was merged in 5.6, which was tagged less than 24 hours ago.

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Re:WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6 by packetlost on Monday March 30, 2020 @12:09PM (#22729143)

Ah, I remember reading about it like a month ago or so but I though it had already been released

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Re:WireGuard 1.0 for Linux 5.6 by cyphar on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @11:28AM (#22738441)

You're not misremembering -- Linux has releases every 6-7 weeks. WireGuard was merged into 5.6-rc1 a little over a month ago and the story was posted to HN from memory.

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