VPN Protocol Registry v0.1.0

VPN Protocol Registry v0.1.0

Initial public release of the evidence-led VPN Protocol Registry by Steve Price.

The 2026-07-13 snapshot contains 24 structured records across 18 provider organizations: 20 core protocol, variant, stack, or obfuscation records and 4 separately classified adjacent technologies. The source register contains 56 normalized sources, and the audit register contains 9 normalized public assessments.

Release assets

• protocols.json — canonical dated JSON snapshot
• protocols.csv — flat analytical export
• statistics.json — machine-readable computed statistics
• statistics.md — human-readable statistics and interpretation limits
• methodology.md — research and classification methodology
• CHANGELOG.md — release history

All generated data passed the repository validation suite, deterministic build check, and unit tests before release.

Citation

Please credit Steve Price and cite this release or the exact dated snapshot consulted. Machine-readable citation metadata is available in CITATION.cff in the repository.