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What Are The Causes of DNS Leaks?


VPN is a best way to secure your internet activities and online secrecy. Though, they are not murky. There are definite flaws that may accord your distinctiveness even if you use a VPN. A susceptibility is the DNS leak.


What is DNS?

You may consider that the DNS as the Internet’s phonebook. Simply, the website addresses like www.purevpn.com and its Internet Protocol (IP) addresses like 202.173.80.81. When you open browser and type any URL, it will send a request that is exactly hit to the accurate IP address. This is called a DNS.

What causes DNS leaks?

When DNS run in the backend and do not need any interface from the user after the request has been started. Normally, your system uses the ISP’s DNS servers because you have to execute a DNS lookup every single time you go to the website and your ISP can monitor your every online activities.



Though, if you are using a third-party or personal DNS server, still your ISP can monitor your DNS requests. But if you are using VPN, it will encode your DNS requests but in numerous conditions that leaks your DNS and unmask your online activities.
  1. If you manually set up VPN connection.
  2. When you are using public Wi-Fi
  3. Your VPN connection is interrupted.

DNS leak test

The simplest approach to identify for a DNS leak is to click DNS Leak Test. It will show you your IP address and geographic location. If you see your local IP address and location, it means you DNS is leak else your online privacy is secure.

Conclusion

DNS leaks are easy to discover and not difficult to prevent but they may weaken your data security and online privacy. Be sure always use reliable VPN, follow the endorsed settings, and frequently check DNS leaks.



Comments

  1. AdminMay 31, 2022 at 9:18 AM

    When you use a VPN that has weak protocols this is when you get DNS leaks. I use Ivacy VPN and before buying it I tried their trials and DNS leaks was the first thing that I tested before buying it.

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