VPN Protocols
The protocols themselves — what each one is good at, how they differ, and where obfuscation fits in.
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What Is a VPN Protocol?
A VPN protocol is a specification for a tunnel. Here is what the main ones actually decide, how they differ, and why the choice is a censorship question.
Guide · Beginner · 5 min read -
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What Is WireGuard?
WireGuard is a layer-3 tunnel over UDP with a deliberately tiny codebase and a fixed set of cryptographic primitives. Small, fast, auditable, and not built for censorship.
Reference · Intermediate · 3 min read -
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What Is VLESS?
VLESS is a stateless proxy protocol that does almost nothing on purpose. It hands all encryption to the transport carrying it, which is why it looks like nothing at all.
Reference · Intermediate · 4 min read -
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What Is Hysteria2?
Hysteria2 is a QUIC-based proxy built for lossy links. What its congestion control, HTTP/3 masquerade and obfuscation buy, and where each one stops.
Reference · Advanced · 9 min read