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How to Set Up a Cheap, Fast, Post-Quantum VPN on AWS

July 16, 2025May 8, 2025 by Davo

Laptop showing AWS EC2 dashboard with WireGuard overlay and glowing lock tunnel representing secure VPN connection

Set up a secure, high-speed VPN using WireGuard on AWS. This guide is built for pro users and walks through a lightweight, hardened, post-quantum-ready setup on a t4g.nano instance.

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