Re: WireGuard deployment considerations for improved privacy

2019-01-18 Thread Fredrik Strömberg
On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 5:34 PM Jose Marinez wrote: > I appreciate this proposition as well as your summary for the current state > of Wireguard for this particular case. I agree with you wholeheartedly that > before the mass adoption of Wireguard happens these use cases should be > addressed

Re: WireGuard deployment considerations for improved privacy

2019-01-16 Thread Jose Marinez
Hi Fredrik, I appreciate this proposition as well as your summary for the current state of Wireguard for this particular case. I agree with you wholeheartedly that before the mass adoption of Wireguard happens these use cases should be addressed properly. I'd love to hear what Jason has to say

Re: WireGuard deployment considerations for improved privacy

2019-01-15 Thread Fredrik Strömberg
On Tue, Jan 15, 2019 at 1:05 PM Henning Reich wrote: > > Thank for your reply too, > > I "use" this list and conversation to get a bit more information about crypto > at all (it looks like I need that :-) > I see. When I wanted to learn more about network security protocols I read the RFC for

Re: WireGuard deployment considerations for improved privacy

2019-01-15 Thread Fredrik Strömberg
On Mon, Jan 14, 2019 at 1:05 PM Henning Reich wrote: > > 3. The attacker uses the VPN server static private key to decrypt the > recorded handshakes, revealing client static pubkeys. > > I think, this is not possible. > WG use DH for Key-Exchange as other VPNs do (like OpenVPN). Only with >

Re: WireGuard deployment considerations for improved privacy

2019-01-14 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, > 3. The attacker uses the VPN server static private key to decrypt the > recorded handshakes, revealing client static pubkeys. Create a service that sets a new temporary pubkey. Call it *before* connecting with WG. Switching during a connection doesn't help much IMHO, because if you have

WireGuard deployment considerations for improved privacy

2019-01-14 Thread Fredrik Strömberg
Greetings fellow WireGuard users, I represent Mullvad, a privacy-focused VPN provider. We and some others think there are currently two aspects of WireGuard that make its deployment in a privacy-focused setting a bit challenging. The goal of this email is to present current thoughts on the issues