bivlked

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[–] bivlked@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Fair call - the client-driven install is a legit option if you want a GUI. The script is the other angle: read it before running, watch it work over SSH, no background magic. Same protocol, different workflow.

Also thanks for the "it works from Russia" confirmation further up - means more than any testing I could run myself.

[–] bivlked@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Author here. Didn't expect this post to blow up like this — thanks for all the questions.

A bug came up right after I posted, and I just pushed out v5.8.0 for it. A user couldn't get the tunnel up on a mobile connection in Russia, and I traced it back to the H1-H4 hash ranges: turns out I was hardcoding the same four ranges into every install, so every server running this script had an identical static fingerprint. The TSPU apparently learned those defaults - my bad.

The fix: H1-H4 now get randomized per install from /dev/urandom - different values every time, no shared defaults. Each server speaks its own dialect.

On the detection-vs-blocking point (possiblylinux127, WhyJiffie): you're right that shape-shifting headers don't make traffic invisible, just unmatchable to a simple rule. litchralee nailed it further up - statistical analysis over time could still fingerprint this, but that's a per-target attack, not something a national DPI box runs on everyone. For the ISP-level blocking that's actually happening in Russia and Iran right now, per-install randomization is what matters.

 

WireGuard is blocked by DPI in 10+ countries now. AmneziaWG 2.0 is a fork that makes the traffic look like random noise - DPI can't tell it apart from normal UDP. Same crypto under the hood, negligible speed overhead.

I wrote an installer that handles the whole setup in one command on a clean Ubuntu/Debian VPS - kernel module, firewall, hardening, client configs with QR codes. Pure bash, no dependencies, runs on any $3/month box. MIT license.

Been running it from Russia where stock WireGuard stopped working mid-2025.