Mullvad VPN Now Adds QUIC Protocol to Get Around Firewalls and Censorship

Swedish virtual private network company Mullvad VPN is adding QUIC obfuscation for WireGuard to help users get around firewalls and censorship, the company said in a blog post earlier this month. 

WireGuard is an industry-standard VPN protocol that’s both lightweight and effective, using strong cryptography while also being speedy. QUIC obfuscation is a technique that disguises online usage as regular HTTP/3 web traffic, making detection more difficult, since HTTP is seen as normal internet…