Timeline for If I use a VPN, who will resolve my DNS requests?
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| Jun 22, 2021 at 18:26 | comment | added | stackprotector | @NibblyPig Yes your ISP can read your queries, because normal DNS queries are not encrypted: serverfault.com/a/912950/536173 | |
| Mar 14, 2021 at 21:27 | comment | added | NibblyPig | The million dollar question is, can my ISP see my DNS requests as it routes the traffic to and from the DNS provider? | |
| Dec 4, 2016 at 11:31 | comment | added | alzee | This answer is incorrect regarding "split mode". When a host has to do a DNS lookup, it does not know beforehand if the name it's looking up is in the VPN or not, so it cannot decide if it should use the VPN's DNS server or some other at that time. The closest you can get is to use a domain-specific override through dnsmasq (*nix), the built-in resolver (OSX), or something similar. | |
| Sep 29, 2016 at 3:59 | comment | added | Courtney Schwartz | @NickG It depends on your VPN client, but yes, there are many VPN clients on Windows that do split mode. | |
| Apr 21, 2016 at 14:09 | comment | added | NickG | Is there any way to achive Split Mode on Windows? | |
| Feb 16, 2015 at 20:38 | comment | added | Pacerier | @Mark, Regarding "Your OS must support this", Doesn't all OS support that? How could it be achievable? | |
| Apr 18, 2012 at 22:20 | comment | added | AviD♦ | Excellent answer, covered all the options here. One other thing to note is that how it is configured can also depend on which VPN you're using - not all vendors' products support all the options. | |
| Apr 18, 2012 at 12:10 | history | answered | Mark Beadles | CC BY-SA 3.0 |