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tostiyesterday at 11:42 PM1 replyview on HN

I think this would nerf wireguard similarly to how a "null" encryption effectively nerfed IPSec. Fine for a specific use case (debugging comes to mind) but should never be upstreamed imho.


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mlhpdxtoday at 5:05 AM

That's not the case at all. The security here is more like HTTPS/TLS with the client not really being validated (just the server). The encryption remains just as strong as if the peers we're locked down.

It's different than the VPN use case where you absolutely want to lock down access to known peers.