I mean it should right because the VPN is only encrypting the traffic, right? I’m just trying to avoid getting more warnings from my ISP. So far I don’t see any DNS leaks or IPleaks, but I just want to confirm this last aspect.
assuming all your traffic is routed through the vpn:
Yes your IP will still have traffic coming from it, but it will all be directed to your VPN host. if your ISP were to check what you were viewing, all they would see is encrypted traffic going toward the VPN, and encrypted traffic returning from the VPN. That’s the point of using a VPN.
Wdym? It will have traffic but the only thing they can see is the VPN IP. If you mean torrenting they can’t see it as long as you bind properly
If you’re using a good VPN with full routing but still getting warnings from your ISP about illegal downloaded content, then you’re likely not realizing you’re leaving your bittorrent client running in the background and seeding even after you disconnect from your VPN.
No, I got these warnings years ago before I even had a VPN. I don’t think I’ve had a single warning since I’ve started using VPNs. I’m only asking questions because I switched to linux from windows and I’m paranoid.
Well… to be honest, linux is a *significantly* better platform for VPN routing (and most everything else except gaming)… but if you’re using a good VPN client and are diligent about using it properly, then you shouldn’t have ISP worries.
honestly haven’t had a problem with gaming, besides you know wayland being a bad compositor for nVidia and league of legends not running on linux anymore. Which I mean good riddance I guess. :\
You’re on a great path. I moved all my personal computing to linux back in 1999… there’s been some rough patches in there, but the 20 years of technical learning has been amazing. Don’t look back.
EDIT - PS. If you’re running your VPN client on linux, you’re several X more secure now than on Windows. Both Windows and Mac have had many instances of routing outside the tunnel. Wireguard was originally developed on linux kernel and nothing runs it better.
Yeah, so far I feel like I’ve been a lot more involved with my computer with linux than windows. I’ve learned a lot already just solving small issues that honestly are pretty fun to solve and finding cool new open source applications that are really great.
I didn’t know about that last part and that’s pretty good to know. Thanks for the information.
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Welcome to the rabbit hole ; )