# WireGuard's macOS Command-Line VPN Enters Testing

DevFeed: [WireGuard's macOS Command-Line VPN Enters Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/there-will-be-wireguard-29163.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.latacora.com/blog/2018/05/16/there-will-be-wireguard/>)

Published: 2018-05-17T01:56:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Latacora](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/latacora.md>)

Topics: [Virtual Private Network](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vpn.md>), [remote access](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/remote-access.md>), [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [macOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/macos.md>), [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/audit.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Testing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/testing.md>)

Tags: [audit](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/audit.md>), [macos](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/macos.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [remote-access](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/remote-access.md>), [ssh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssh.md>), [testing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/testing.md>), [vpn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vpn.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article discusses WireGuard's macOS command-line release entering testing. It presents WireGuard as a streamlined VPN protocol designed for simpler auditing, configuration, and secure developer access to cloud deployment environments.

## Source excerpt

Amidst the hubbub of the Efail PGP/SMIME debacle yesterday, the WireGuard project made a pretty momentous announcement: a MacOS command line version of the WireGuard VPN is now available for testing, and should stabilize in the coming few months. I'm prepared to be wrong, but I think that for a lot of young tech companies, this might be the biggest thing to happen to remote access in decades. WireGuard is a modern, streamlined VPN protocol that Jason Donenfeld developed based on Trevor Perrin's Noise protocol framework. Imagine a VPN with the cryptographic sophistication of Signal Protocol and you're not far off. Here are the important details: