VyOS OpenVPN DCO: Kernel-Speed OpenVPN for Your Router

VyOS, the open source network operating system used for routers, firewalls, and VPN gateways, now supports VyOS OpenVPN tunnels with Data Channel Offload. The change arrived in the VyOS Project September 2026 Update , and it mean3s VyOS users can move OpenVPN’s encrypted data path out of userspace and into the Linux kernel with a single configuration line.