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WG(4) Device Drivers Manual WG(4) NAME wg - virtual private network tunnel (EXPERIMENTAL) SYNOPSIS pseudo-device wg DESCRIPTION The wg interface implements a roaming-capable virtual private network tunnel, configured with ifconfig(8) and wgconfig(8). WARNING: wg is experimental. Packets exchanged on a wg interface are authenticated and encrypted with a secret key negotiated with the peer, and the encapsulation is exchanged over IP or IPv6 using UDP. Every wg interface can be configured with an IP address using ifconfig(8), a private key generated with wg-keygen(8), an optional listen port, and a collection of peers. Each peer configured on an wg interface has a public key and a range of IP addresses the peer is allowed to use for its wg interface inside the tunnel. Each peer may also optionally have a preshared secret key and a fixed endpoint IP address outside the tunnel. EXAMPLES Typical network topology: wm0 = 1.2.3.4 bge0 = 4.3.2.1 Stationary server: Roaming client: +---------+ +---------+ | A | | B | |---------| |---------| | [wm0]-------------internet--------[bge0] | | [wg0] port 1234 - - - (tunnel) - - - - - - [wg0] | | 10.0.1.0 | 10.0.1.1 | | | | | | +--[wm1]--+ +-----------------+ +---------+ | | VPN 10.0.1.0/24 | | +-----------------+ +-----------------+ | LAN 10.0.0.0/24 | +-----------------+ Generate key pairs on A and B: A# wg-keygen > /etc/wg/wg0 A# wg-keygen --pub < /etc/wg/wg0 > /etc/wg/wg0.pub A# cat /etc/wg/wg0.pub N+B4Nelg+4ysvbLW3qenxIwrJVE9MdjMyqrIisH7V0Y= B# wg-keygen > /etc/wg/wg0 B# wg-keygen --pub < /etc/wg/wg0 > /etc/wg/wg0.pub B# cat /etc/wg/wg0.pub X7EGm3T3IfodBcyilkaC89j0SH3XD6+/pwvp7Dgp5SU= Configure A to listen on port 1234 and allow connections from B to appear in the 10.0.1.0/24 subnet: A# ifconfig wg0 create 10.0.1.0/24 A# wgconfig wg0 set private-key /etc/wg/wg0 A# wgconfig wg0 set listen-port 1234 A# wgconfig wg0 add peer B \ X7EGm3T3IfodBcyilkaC89j0SH3XD6+/pwvp7Dgp5SU= \ --allowed-ips=10.0.1.1/32 A# ifconfig wg0 up A# ifconfig wg0 wg0: flags=0x8041<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1420 inet 10.0.1.0/24 flags 0 inet6 fe80::22f7:d6ff:fe3a:1e60%wg0/64 flags 0 scopeid 0x3 Configure B to connect to A at 1.2.3.4 on port 1234 and the packets can begin to flow: B# ifconfig wg0 create 10.0.1.1/24 B# wgconfig wg0 set private-key /etc/wg/wg0 B# wgconfig wg0 add peer A \ N+B4Nelg+4ysvbLW3qenxIwrJVE9MdjMyqrIisH7V0Y= \ --allowed-ips=10.0.1.0/32 \ --endpoint=1.2.3.4:1234 B# ifconfig wg0 up B# ifconfig wg0 wg0: flags=0x8041<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1420 inet 10.0.1.1/24 flags 0 inet6 fe80::56eb:59ff:fe3d:d413%wg0/64 flags 0 scopeid 0x3 B# ping -n 10.0.1.0 PING 10.0.1.0 (10.0.1.0): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 10.0.1.0: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=2.721110 ms ... SEE ALSO wg-keygen(8), wgconfig(8) COMPATIBILITY The wg interface aims to be compatible with the WireGuard protocol, as described in: Jason A. Donenfeld, WireGuard: Next Generation Kernel Network Tunnel, https://web.archive.org/web/20180805103233/https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard.pdf, 2018-06-30, Document ID: 4846ada1492f5d92198df154f48c3d54205657bc. HISTORY The wg interface first appeared in NetBSD 10.0. AUTHORS The wg interface was implemented by Ryota Ozaki <ozaki.ryota@gmail.com>. NetBSD 10.99 August 20, 2020 NetBSD 10.99