Mullvad VPN Releases GotaTun: Rust-Based WireGuard Implementation with Android Support
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Summary
Mullvad VPN announces GotaTun, a WireGuard implementation written in Rust that's a fork of Cloudflare's BoringTun project. The software focuses on performance, efficiency, and reliability with privacy-enhancing features like DAITA and Multihop, plus first-class Android support. GotaTun leverages Rust's safe multi-threading and zero-copy memory strategies for improved performance while maintaining WireGuard protocol compatibility.
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This is not a new protocol or connection method, just WireGuard® written in Rust.
We have integrated privacy enhancing features like DAITA & Multihop, added first-class support for Android and used Rust to achieve great performance by using safe multi-threading and zero-copy memory strategies.
GotaTun is a fork of the BoringTun project from Cloudflare.
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