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😲😲😲 Really?! Wow, I did not know that. Now everything made sense. That is very impressive because Eddie is clearly a high quality software that are primary focused on function than form. I have so much respect for those developers, shouldering that massive task for developing the software for thousand users. Now that solidify my standing with AirVPN.

@go558a83nk The main advantage over OpenVPN in terms of performance is the fact that Wireguard runs in the kernel space while OpenVPN runs in the userspace, Cipher CHACHA20 is available in OpenVPN too. It's slower than AES in AES-NI supporting systems, so it is very relevant only in those systems which do not support AES-NI, typically mobile and embedded devices based on ARM processors. So when Wireguard can't run in the kernel space (for example when you use it in Android or iOS) you lose that gain. The fact that Wireguard does not support TCP is bad for us, because it cuts out a very remarkable percentage of our users: those who have their ISP blocking or heavily shaping UDP, those who need to pass through some proxy (which supports only TCP) to get on to the Internet, and those who need to tunnel the VPN protocol over SSH or sTunnel. Kind regards

Hello! We would like to inform you that we have made every effort to ensure AirVPN full and efficient operation during the pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2. In order to reduce hazard and safeguard health, AirVPN staff and personnel work exclusively from home and worked from home well before the current situation appeared clearly as a pandemic Each member has a landline and one or more mobile lines, when possible in different infrastructures, to maximize likelihood to stay connected to the Internet 24/7 AirVPN system is more efficiently automated and basic functioning requires no manual interventions, even for several months (if kernel upgrades hadn't been necessary, we would have had servers uptime of 4 years or more) AirVPN inner staff members have now overlapping competences. Therefore if a key member, including a founder, is forced to stop working, the other ones can carry out his/her functions Emergency funds already secured in the past in different facilities as well as banks remain unaltered and ensure AirVPN financial health for a very long time even in very harsh scenarios. However, we would like to assure you that they are not needed at all currently, quite the contrary. In the last 10 days we have experienced a substantial increase in the growth of our customer base We have been informed by our most important partners and providers of housing and hosting in Europe, America and Asia they they are, and expect to, remain fully operational Kind regards AirVPN Staff

Personally I think that we should trust the Staff and AirVPN. We trust this service to protect our privacy, and AirVPN's mission statement (https://airvpn.org/mission/) is crystal clear. I don't think they are a bunch of lazy masochists who like scourging themselves with hundred of thousands lines of code instead of few thousands, they are people interested in standing by what they have written and when they say that they prefer using technologies validated, audited and tested they are just doing what we pay them for: protect OUR privacy and freedom; moreover, the service is not just used by Netflix users, torrenting people, and so on, but also by activists, NGOs, journalists and dissidents who can seriously risk their life if their privacy is left "unprotected" because the software they are using has not been properly and thoroughly tested. At the moment, to my knowledge, AirVPN is using the state of art (technically a bit more because they have improved OpenVPN forking it) of the VPN technologies to protect users' privacy both on desktop and mobile. When, and if, the time will come, and Wireguard will be the de facto industry standard (because audited, tested, validated in different case scenarios over the months/years) and will replace OpenVPN because it has 1) better performances 2) stronger user's privacy protection and it will be 3) easier to maintain I'm more than sure that it will be adopted also by AirVPN.

Hello! Perhaps you should start mentioning this in your posts by default, Staff - it's not a secret anyway and only raises the transparency levels further.