Everything about WireGuard

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: WireGuardA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Protocol Efficiency and Resource Utilization in VPN Technologies: A Comparative Analysis of OpenVPN and WireGuardInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: Set up Your Own IPsec VPN, OpenVPN and WireGuard ServerThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Empirical Performance Analysis of WireGuard vs. OpenVPN in Cloud and Virtualised Environments Under Simulated Network ConditionsCited 12 times
5. Go sideways: TUN/TAPA closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Virtual private networkA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Empirical Performance Analysis of WireGuard vs. OpenVPN in Cloud and Virtualised Environments Under Simulated Network Conditions

  Joel Anyam, Rajiv Ranjan Singh, Hadi Larijani · 2025 · Computers · 12 citations

• Performance Evaluation of WireGuard and IPSec Protocols in Various Network Configurations

  Tuğçe Demirdelen, Sefa Kırmızı · 2025 · Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi Fen Bilimleri Enstitüsü Dergisi · 6 citations

• Privacy Preserving distributed smart grid system based on Hyperledger Fabric and Wireguard

  Shixiong Yao, Xingjian Tian, Jiageng Chen · 2021 · International Journal of Network Management · 6 citations

• Optimized Automated Virtual Private Network Management System Utilizing WireGuard and Redis with Delta Processing on MikroTik RouterOS

  Ardiansyah, Hartinah, Wahyuddin Saputra · 2025 · Journal of Embedded Systems, Security and Intelligent Systems · 1 citations

• WireGuard-AES: Hardware based encryption to WireGuard for VPN gateways

  M.F. Yuce, O. Keskin, E. Yerlikaya · 2025 · SoftwareX · 1 citations

• Implementasi Keamanan Akses Terhadap Website Menggunakan Wireguard VPN Di Routerboard Mikrotik

  Dian Novianto, Yohanes Setiawan Japriadi, Lukas Tommy · 2022 · Jurnal Ilmiah Informatika Global · 1 citations

• Implementasi Wireguard Sebagai Koneksi Menggunakan Routing Mikrotik

  Muhammad Ilham Ikhwandi, Azmuri Wahyu Azinar, Sumarno · 2025 · SMATIKA JURNAL · 1 citations

• Comparative Study of Modern VPN Solutions: Impact of Cloudflare, ZeroTier, and WireGuard on Network and Server Performance

  Computer Engineering, Rambhai Barni Rajabhat University, Tachang, Mueang, Chanthaburi, 22000, Thailand, Pratchaya Jaisudthi, Pachara Threerapat Sridee · 2025 · Engineering and Technology Horizons · 1 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Protocol Efficiency and Resource Utilization in VPN Technologies: A Comparative Analysis of OpenVPN and WireGuard

  Sura Ghanim Hussein, Syed Muhammad Fasih Ur Rehman · 2025 · Journal of Techniques · 1 citations

• On the Resilience of Secure Remote-Access VPN Solutions: A System-Level Evaluation of WireGuard, OpenVPN and IPsec (strongSwan)

  Rene Forsung, Rustam Pirmagomedov, Anzhelika Mezina · 2026 · Cryptography · 1 citations

• Analisis Performa WireGuard dan OpenVPN pada VPN Perbankan Berbasis MikroTik menggunakan ICMP, iPerf3, dan Mann–Whitney

  Fadhil Muhajir, Ema Utami · 2026 · JURIKOM (Jurnal Riset Komputer) · 0 citations

• A Comparative Analysis of OpenVPN, WireGuard, and IKEv2/IPSec Using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

  Ahmad Tamim Ahmadi, Sebghatullah Aslamzai · 2026 · Journal of Advanced Computer Knowledge and Algorithms · 0 citations

• Comparative Security Analysis of RDP and VNC with WireGuard VPN Implementation

  Milan Tej H D · 2026 · International Journal for Research in Applied Science and Engineering Technology · 0 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• 📕Set up Your Own IPsec VPN, OpenVPN and WireGuard ServerLin Song · 2022
• 📕Set up Your Own IPsec VPN, OpenVPN and WireGuard Server (Traditional Chinese Edition)Lin Song · 2023
• 📕Set up Your Own IPsec VPN, OpenVPN and WireGuard Server (Simplified Chinese Edition)Lin Song · 2023

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

🔗 Related topics

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• Virtual private network A virtual private network (VPN) is an overlay network that uses network virtualization to extend a private network across a public network, such as the…
• OpenVPN OpenVPN is a virtual private network (VPN) system that implements techniques to create secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged…
• Anything In Anything Anything In Anything (AYIYA) is a computer networking protocol for managing IP tunneling protocols in use between separated Internet Protocol networks…
• IPsec In computing, Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a secure network protocol suite that authenticates and encrypts packets of data to provide secure encrypted…
• User Datagram Protocol In computer networking, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the core communication protocols of the Internet protocol suite used to send messages…
• Host model In computer networking, a host model is an option of designing the TCP/IP stack of a networking operating system like Microsoft Windows or Linux. When…
• IPv6 Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent version of the Internet Protocol (IP), the communications protocol that provides an identification…