how's it going everybody welcome back and some of you guys have been asking does china block
wireguard and i know most of you at this point probably know what wire guard is but it is
um well pretty much the next generation of protocol
and it is available in nordvpn and surfshark and expressvpn they have their own version of
wireguard called lightweight udp essentially it is a protocol that's just supposed to be much faster
than the regular open vpn protocol okay and it's just good protocol uh that avoids the
whole headache with uh openvpn which usually comes with openvpn being over 000 lines of code whereas
wireguard is just that around 4 000 lines of code making it very simple to maintain and fix
now with regards to wireguard and working in china you know it depends on the vpn you're using so
when people ask me about china i just refer them straight to expressvpn it's the most plug-and-play
vpn you can get for china um of course some essential tips for using a vpn in china could be
you know update the vpn app or software before you go to china or if you are in china
just make sure you're up to date it's essential for you to always have the latest version of the
vpn program or application um the great firewall of china is constantly being modified to limit vpn
use in the country the majority of the software updates offered by the main vpn providers have the
purpose of ensuring that their vpn continues to be accessible in china now not all vpns are available
or do function in china so this is why you have to find other ways to access the vpn if you're
in china to access the website so that you can download it you could have somebody from outside
china share the file with you the installation file or you could if you're outside of china
and you're going to china you're recommended to just download the vpn application and then go
into china okay now open vpn udp lightweight and wireguard tend to be the best protocols for china
in china the best encryption protocol for getting around restrictions is normally openvpn udp and
this is what you're probably going to use if you're using nordvpn or surfshark and if you're
using nordvpn or shark um you're so for nordvpn specifically um as they say here our servers have
been recently blocked by the chinese firewall so connecting from china is not currently possible
uh while they say that you can still actually use nordvpn if you download one of these so if
you're on mac mac os windows android android icaf 2 ios and linux you can you just have to download
this version of nordvpn to make it work in china but again you might have to do some
manual configuration here and there and you'll just have to contact the support team for an vpn
for surf shark you might have to try to do the manual download and setup yourself
you can use the openvpn protocol or you can use no borders mode these usually you know the first
thing you want to do is simply go to the settings go down to protocols switch to open vpn and then
turn on no borders mode this is usually what really works in censorship-heavy countries
but since china has this great firewall of china which is always being updated to block vpn traffic
you might have to do the manual setup and you know if you just click here you have a full guide now
this is why i prefer expressvpn because most vpns have a really rough time working in china
whereas expressvpn is just download the vpn and connect and you're good to go you can use
lightweight you can use openvpn either or will work just fine 99 of the time all right so is uh
wireguard blocked by china not exactly but typically openvpn is what you want to use for
uh china all right so hopefully the they answered you guys questions if you guys are
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