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Migrate
from OpenVPN
defguard is an enterprise and open-source, easy to deploy and manage WireGuard® based VPN solution with real 2FA/Multi-Factor Authentication & SSO.
Why migrate from OpenVPN to defguard:
- Faster VPN Speeds: WireGuard® is ~10x faster then OpenVPN - since it’s on kernel and protocol level and not application level (like OpenVPN)
- Seamless Roaming: WireGuard® is designed to handle network changes (like switching from Wi-Fi to cellular) more gracefully than OpenVPN, maintaining the connection without interruption - wherase OpenVPN looses connections on network change.
- Lower VPN Latency: WireGuard® has far lower latency than OpenVPN due to its lightweight design.
- Instant Connectivity: WireGuard’s handshakes are very fast, allowing near-instantaneous connections, unlike OpenVPN, which can take a few seconds to establish a connection.
- WireGuard® is part of Linux kernel (and not an application). WireGuard’s codebase (about 4,000 lines vs hundreds of thousands of lines of OpenVPN).
- WireGuard® uses state-of-the-art cryptographic algorithms, including ChaCha20 for encryption, Poly1305 for authentication, and Curve25519 for key exchange. This modern approach enhances security and efficiency.
- Minimal Attack Surface: The simplicity of WireGuard’s code reduces the potential for vulnerabilities, unlike OpenVPN, which has more complex code and therefore a larger attack surface.
- defguard is the only open-source solution with real WireGuard® MFA/2FA & integrated OpenID Connect SSO
- defguard automatically configures desktop clients for a user with all available locations
- defguard client supports multiple defguard instances (one desktop client for administrator for mutliple clients/deployments)
- defgaurd supports multiple VPN Locations
- defguard Gateways can be deployed in failover and high-availability configuration
- Supporting various deployments: Linux, FreeBSD, OPNsense®, Docker, package based, Kubernetes.
- closed–source security solutions, have proven fallible with the recent incidents involving (eg. CrowdStrike – despite assurances that their solution was “tested”, a failed update resulted in losses amounting to approximately $5.4 billion). On the other hand, the most sophisticated attacks on Open Source security components are detected before wide–spreading due to open code nature (eg. case of xz backdoor)
- importing users is a breeze with Wizard based configuration
- Already using Google/Microsoft or other OpenID Provider, defguard has integrated external OpenID provider support
- Featuring components and microservices seamlessly deployable in diverse network setups (eg. utilizing network segments like Demilitarized Zones, Intranet with no external access, etc), ensuring a secure environment.