Re: [Openvpn-users] How exactly does setting the option "block-outside-dns" help for Linux and BSD users?

2015-12-18 Thread Selva Nair
Hi, On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:24 PM, ValdikSS wrote: > Well, actually Linux can leak DNS requests too, just as Windows 7 and > older. The leak is usually occurs when DNS didn't respond in time and it > falls back to secondary server which could be your ISP one. > Windows 8.1 and 10 is another st

Re: [Openvpn-users] How exactly does setting the option "block-outside-dns" help for Linux and BSD users?

2015-12-18 Thread ValdikSS
Well, actually Linux can leak DNS requests too, just as Windows 7 and older. The leak is usually occurs when DNS didn't respond in time and it falls back to secondary server which could be your ISP one. Windows 8.1 and 10 is another story, they send DNS queries in parallel to all interfaces. On

Re: [Openvpn-users] How exactly does setting the option "block-outside-dns" help for Linux and BSD users?

2015-12-18 Thread Gert Doering
Hi, On Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 05:58:23PM +0100, Sebastian Rubenstein wrote: > Suppose I use Linux or BSD as my primary OS and if I add the following line > to my config file: > > setenv opt block-outside-dns > > How exactly will doing the above help me to prevent DNS leaks? (Based on my > rudime

Re: [Openvpn-users] How exactly does setting the option "block-outside-dns" help for Linux and BSD users?

2015-12-18 Thread debbie10t
Hi - Original Message - From: "Sebastian Rubenstein" To: Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 4:58 PM Subject: [Openvpn-users] How exactly does setting the option "block-outside-dns" help for Linux and BSD users? > Suppose I use Linux or BSD as my primary OS and

[Openvpn-users] How exactly does setting the option "block-outside-dns" help for Linux and BSD users?

2015-12-18 Thread Sebastian Rubenstein
Suppose I use Linux or BSD as my primary OS and if I add the following line to my config file: setenv opt block-outside-dns How exactly will doing the above help me to prevent DNS leaks? (Based on my rudimentary knowledge of Linux and BSD systems, DNS leaks only occur on Microsoft Windows OSes