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What is a DNS leak?
I'm planning on getting a VPN service (probably Privateinternetaccess) and read that it is imperative to plug DNS leaks. The only information I found on google describing what these are is here and I ...
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If I use a VPN, who will resolve my DNS requests?
Will they be resolved by my VPN provider, or by my original ISP (if left on "automatic" settings)? Would I have to manually configure a dns server, to make sure my requests will not be resolved by my ...
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Are services like Hide My Ass and UnoDNS reasonably safe to use?
While in Germany, I want to keep using my Netflix account, watch PBS, CNBC. I have found following services:
A VPN: https://hidemyass.com/vpn/promo/1/5/
A DNS: http://www.unotelly.com/unodns/
I an ...
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What are the risks of removing ISATAP from the default global block list?
The process of installing Microsofts pseudo VPN called Direct Access requires me to remove the ISATAP name from the default global block list by running this command:
dnscmd /config ...
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Protecting yourself against DNS spoofing?
Are there any things which the user can do, on their own machine, to protect against DNS spoofing? I was just thinking when I was at the airport last and I wanted to check my email I used a hotspot ...
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Is OpenVPN secure in this way?
I'm familiar with OpenVPN because my home router has a builtin OpenVPN server.
I would like to use OpenVPN all the time, but how do I deal with situations where I don't own the routers?
ex.: in a ...
