Recommendations on using VPN over SATCOM
Guilloteau Romain, Pradas David, Pelat Guillaume, Kuhn, Nicolas
TL;DR
This paper compares Wireguard and OpenVPN VPN solutions for satellite communication (SATCOM) deployments, analyzing their performance and architectural impacts to guide optimal usage.
Contribution
It provides a comparative analysis of Wireguard and OpenVPN specifically tailored for SATCOM deployment scenarios, highlighting their respective advantages and limitations.
Findings
Wireguard offers lower latency than OpenVPN in SATCOM scenarios.
OpenVPN provides more flexible configuration options for complex topologies.
Performance varies significantly depending on deployment topology.
Abstract
VPN are a secured tunnel that help service providers to exchange data over non-secured networks. There is a large variety of VPN solutions that have variable deployment impacts on the target architecture as well as performance limitations or opportunities. This technical report compares Wireguard and OpenVPN for various SATCOM deployment scenarios and topologies.
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Taxonomy
TopicsIPv6, Mobility, Handover, Networks, Security · Software-Defined Networks and 5G · Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting