Cloudflare announced the release of a Linux variant of the WARP application that combines a DNS resolver using DNS 1.1.1.1 service, a VPN, and a proxy to route traffic through Cloudflare's CDN infrastructure in one application. To encrypt traffic in the VPN, the WireGuard protocol is used in the BoringTun implementation, written in Rust and running entirely in user space.
A distinctive feature of WARP is its close integration with the content delivery network. Cloudflare provides a content delivery network for 25 million Internet resources and serves the traffic of 17% of the 1000 largest sites. If the resource is served by Cloudflare, accessing it via WARP will result in faster content transfer than routing through the provider's network.
In addition to VPN, there are several modes of operation that allow, for example, to encrypt only DNS queries (enable DNS-over-HTTPS) or run WARP in proxy mode, which can be accessed via HTTPS or SOCKS5. Also, if desired, you can activate filters to block access to resources that have detected malicious activity or adult content.
Ready-made packages with WARP for Linux are prepared for Ubuntu (16.04, 20.04), Debian (9, 10, 11), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (7, 8) and CentOS. In the future, they promise to expand the number of supported distributions. The program is designed as a console utility warp-cli. To organize the operation of a VPN using the Cloudflare network, in the simplest case, it is enough to authenticate on the network with the "warp-cli register" command and the "warp-cli connect" command to create a tunnel to transfer traffic from your system. $ warp-cli register Success $ warp-cli connect Success $ curl https://www.cloudflare.com/cdn-cgi/trace/ warp=on
Source: opennet.ru