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Cloudflare 1.1.1.1 with Warp Accelerates Internet Privacy

Cloudflare is using the next generation Quic internet protocol and the open-source Wireguard VPN project as a base to build an advanced internet security service that could one day challenge incumbents in the multi-billion dollar enterprise VPN space.

Cloudflare announced its new 1.1.1.1 with Warp service on April 1, providing a new security service that looks to provide consumers with improved privacy and security for internet access. The new consumer service is likely a precursor to Cloudflare's entry into the multi-billion dollar market forenterprise VPN services.

The 1.1.1.1 service integrates both DNS privacy with a VPN to help provide security.

While VPN services are not new, Cloudflare is using a new type of VPN, based on technology from the open-source Wireguard project that makes connections safer and faster.The 1.1.1.1 with Warp service also benefits from Cloudflare's global content delivery and internet backbone infrastructure for additional performance benefits.

Prior to the app's availability, users had to go into their system's device configuration to manually setup access for the Cloudflare's service. Prince said that since 1.1.1.1 launched he estimates that there have been approximately 100 million users of the service overall.

While the original 1.1.1.1 launch provided privacy for DNS queries it did not protect or encrypt the data traffic, which is what the new Warp capabilities now provide.

On top of Quic, Cloudflare is making use of the open-source Wireguard project for the data encapsulation VPN part of Warp. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear.

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