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		alanpca on March 2, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WireGuard Gives Linux a Faster, More Secure VPN Can you not set your MAC to whatever you want on many platforms?

nightfly on March 2, 2020 [–]

I think they're implying that MACs are authenticated the same way IP addresses are authenticated with Wireguard (you can say "only 52:54:00:7a:cc:dd can talk over this connection").

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