Posts about WireGuard

Releases

Launch of IVPN Light - short-term VPN access paid with BTC Lightning

By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on September 15, 2023

Equipped with a BTC Lightning wallet and some sats, you can now set up an IVPN WireGuard tunnel in minutes without creating an account or sharing any personal information. Benefits of using IVPN Light: Short duration access option, you can get a “throwaway” VPN tunnel for 3 hours or up to 30 days duration Priced in sats and affordable - you can purchase access for as little as 500 sats (3 hours) Access up to 5 locations or 1 entry-exit node MultiHop combination with one payment No account required - we only keep a record of your Lightning payment on our self-hosted BTCPayServer, no personal information is collected Differences versus a regular IVPN subscription:

Releases

Introducing quantum resistant WireGuard connections in IVPN apps

By Alexandr Stelnykovych | By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on August 7, 2023

Quantum computing poses a threat to VPN security due to its potential to break traditional encryption algorithms much faster. In an attempt to mitigate this risk and provide quantum resistance, a PresharedKey (PSK) is now used in addition to existing encryption.

Releases

WireGuard Port Forwarding enabled

By Viktor Vecsei | Posted on February 16, 2022

July 2023 update: Port Forwarding is being phased out from the IVPN service and is no longer offered to new customers. You can find more information in a blog post about this change. After the recent addition of Multi-Hop for WireGuard, we are now introducing port forwarding support for Wireguard.

Releases

IPv6 (over IPv4) available for testing

By Nick Pestell | Posted on June 29, 2021

We now provide the option to receive an IPv6 address when connecting to our servers using WireGuard. This enables those with only an IPv4 address to access the IPv6 Internet. Access to IPv6 to connect to our servers using IPv6 is under development, and not yet included in this update.

Releases

Windows support and privacy improvements for WireGuard

By Nick Pestell | Posted on July 11, 2019

When picking a VPN service there are multiple criteria for evaluation, starting with questions like who owns the company behind it, whether your provider keeps logs and what happens with the data you share. Two further measures are usually on the top of the remaining list: the type of security the service provides and the connection speed you can achieve while using it.

Releases

Introducing WireGuard, fully automated.

By Nick Pestell | Posted on December 11, 2018

In November 2009, almost 10 years ago IVPN was launched. We knew that in order to become the most trusted provider we had to demonstrate our security expertise and execute flawlessly and consistently over many years.

Apps Audit Open Source Privacy Protocols Security Subscriptions Transparency WireGuard

IVPN News

IVPN Privacy Guides

Guides to understanding and improving privacy and anonymity online.

View all privacy guides

Editorial platform covering privacy, surveillance and their impact on society.

Posts about WireGuard

Launch of IVPN Light - short-term VPN access paid with BTC Lightning

Introducing quantum resistant WireGuard connections in IVPN apps

WireGuard Port Forwarding enabled

IPv6 (over IPv4) available for testing

Windows support and privacy improvements for WireGuard

Introducing WireGuard, fully automated.

IVPN web infrastructure security audit concluded

IVPN preparing for 6th annual security audit

Better tracker blocking controls with AntiTracker Plus

IVPN Privacy Guides