A podcast about networking, Rust, and everything in between. Join us as we explore the stack: from protocols and packet flows to the people and projects building the modern internet — all through the lens of Rust. Featuring deep dives, crate spotlights, and expert interviews.
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Protocol Shorts: WireGuard
Episode 36 – Protocol Shorts: WireGuard
In this Protocol Shorts episode of netstack.fm (http://netstack.fm), we explore WireGuard, a modern and lightweight VPN protocol. Glen explains what makes it different from traditional VPNs and why its simplicity and security model are gaining attention among developers.
The episode also highlights real world use cases and why VPNs like WireGuard remain essential for securely accessing private resources.
Learn more:
https://www.wireguard.com/ (https://www.wireguard.com/) — official website of WireGuard
https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard.pdf (https://www.wireguard.com/papers/wireguard.pdf) — WireGuard whitepaper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OipNNLHLphw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OipNNLHLphw) —
Black Hat USA 2018 - WireGuard Next Generation Secure Network Tunnel
Rama
If you like this podcast you might also like our modular network framework in Rust: https://ramaproxy.org
Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:18 Introduction to WireGuard
01:41 WireGuard Properties
03:24 Why WireGuard?
07:43 Current Use Cases and Adoption of WireGuard
11:42 Get started with WireGuard
14:37 Final Words
15:17 Outro
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Building and testing network stacks with Rama
Published 26 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Service had a different meaning for me back then. But I've come to understand that service is not really an abstract ID. It's more of like a function signature that you lock in. But basically the service in Rama is nothing more than this is the input I'm expecting and this is the output I'm going to give. Which allows you to stack it with other services and other layers, which is magical at certain points. As long as the input is what is expected and the output also matches, you can just stack everything and anything together, even things you should not stack, which is incredibly useful for testing things. […]
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