The updated protocol is harder to block: it stays under the radar of AI systems and controls randomization for a number of parameters.
Amnezia Self-hosted users have gained access to the updated AmneziaWG 3.1 protocol, and Amnezia Premium users to 3.0.
To see its benefits, install the Amnezia VPN 5.0.1.5 update.
In this article, we’ll explain what changed in our protocol — the successor to WireGuard — and why.
Back in the early stages of the summer attack
Where TMCTTechnical Measures to Counter Threats and DPI systems used to analyze individual packets to assess the legitimacy of traffic, the summer’s events showed that censors now assess the connection as a whole, as a data flow, together with the endpoint. Here are just some of these characteristics:
Given that, changing one or even several parameters isn’t enough — a new approach is needed to obfuscate traffic and make it mimic a legitimate one.
To protect user data and guarantee that the service works under the changed conditions, we rebuilt our own protocol — and thus AmneziaWG 3.1 was born.
The updated AmneziaWG 3.1 makes blocking bypassing more effective. What’s more, it’s more resistant to attacks on the protocol itself. To ensure user privacy, we:
To connect via the updated protocol, first install Amnezia VPN 5.0.1.5 or newer. After that, it all depends on which Amnezia VPN service you use.
Amnezia Premium and Free users get access to AmneziaWG 3.0 by default. No additional setup is required — just select AmneziaWG from the list of protocols.
If you do still run into errors and unstable connections, restore the AmneziaWG 2.0 container — it’s still available for now.
Important: update the access keys for all users at once as soon as you remove the AmneziaWG 2.0 container
If you have any further questions, we’ve put together detailed instructions in the project documentation. Or in our communities:
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