Tagged “vpn-leaks”
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Why IPv6 Is the Leak People Forget
Many VPN setups tunnel IPv4 and quietly let IPv6 traffic bypass the tunnel. Here is how that happens and how to check for it.
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Is a Free VPN Safe? What You Can Verify From Your Own Device
The operator is in your traffic path by design. Which risks that creates, which of them your own machine can expose, and how to identify who is running it.
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What a DNS Leak Is, and Where in the Chain It Happens
A DNS leak is a name lookup that left by the wrong door. Where in the resolution chain it escapes, and what the wrong resolver learns.
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Is My Real IP Address Still Showing?
The address case is the leak people ask about because it is the one they were promised. Here is what reverts it, and how to be certain.
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The Four Kinds of VPN Leak, and How Each Is Detected
A leak is traffic that skipped the tunnel. It comes in four categories — address, DNS, IPv6, and WebRTC — and each is found a different way.
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Confirming Your VPN Is Working, in the Right Order
Connected is not the same as working. Six observations, from your own device outward, that together show a tunnel is doing its job.