QSP Labs


The Quality and Security Program Tirol invites to the upcoming Lab:

WireGuard - The New Kid on the VPN Block


Richard Weinberger, CTO sigma star GmbH
David Gstir, sigma star GmbH

15.11.2019, 14:00–18:00

3W03 Seminar Room, ICT Building (2nd floor), Technikerstraße 21a, Innsbruck

Lab Description

In this talk, Richard and David talk about th new VPN solution WireGuard. They will compare it to established solutions like IPSec and OpenVPN and give a more detailed look at the protocol.

Language: English, German
Structure: Presentation
Maximal number of participants: 25

About the Experts

Richard Weinberger, CTO sigma star GmbH
Richard Weinberger is co-founder of sigma star gmbh and offers Linux kernel consulting services. He's been working with Linux for 10 years and works on the Linux kernel for more than five years. Besides of the kernel he has a strong focus on various low level components of Linux including virtualization techniques.

David Gstir, sigma star GmbH
David Gstir is a full-time security and software engineer at sigma star gmbh since 2013. Prior to that he graduated with a master's degree in computer sciences from the University of Technology Graz, Austria. During this time he specialized in cryptography and e.g. analyzed attacks on AES in his master's thesis.
At sigma star he uses his background for designing and implementing secure systems.