Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-08 Thread Security
On Wed, 8 Mar 2023 12:30:55 -0600 Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: > > On Tuesday, 7 March 2023 18:11:01 GMT Dale wrote: > >> Michael wrote: > >>> On Sunday, 5 March 2023 18:41:10 GMT Dale wrote: > Howdy, > This is from the messages file.  I don't see it logged anywhere else.  > > It starts

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-08 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Wednesday, 8 March 2023 18:30:55 GMT Dale wrote: > >> It starts at about 13:54. It seems to try to reconnect but can't. I got this >> by using tail -n and then grep openvpn on the end. >> >> >> Mar 1 13:53:32 fireball openvpn[27908]: >> [us-hou-v029.prod.surfshark.com]

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-08 Thread Michael
On Wednesday, 8 March 2023 18:30:55 GMT Dale wrote: > It starts at about 13:54. It seems to try to reconnect but can't. I got this > by using tail -n and then grep openvpn on the end. > > > Mar 1 13:53:32 fireball openvpn[27908]: > [us-hou-v029.prod.surfshark.com] Inactivity timeout

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-08 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Tuesday, 7 March 2023 18:11:01 GMT Dale wrote: >> Michael wrote: >>> On Sunday, 5 March 2023 18:41:10 GMT Dale wrote: Howdy, I use Surfshark and every once in a while, my VPN loses its connection. I sent the info from messages to Surfshark but the info they

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-08 Thread Michael
On Tuesday, 7 March 2023 18:11:01 GMT Dale wrote: > Michael wrote: > > On Sunday, 5 March 2023 18:41:10 GMT Dale wrote: > >> Howdy, > >> > >> I use Surfshark and every once in a while, my VPN loses its connection. > >> I sent the info from messages to Surfshark but the info they sent back > >> on

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-07 Thread Dale
Michael wrote: > On Sunday, 5 March 2023 18:41:10 GMT Dale wrote: >> Howdy, >> >> I use Surfshark and every once in a while, my VPN loses its connection. >> I sent the info from messages to Surfshark but the info they sent back >> on how to set the nameserver info doesn't really work with Gentoo.

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 08:24:35 +, Wols Lists wrote: > > Do you mean /etc/nsswitch.conf? > > > > > Ah yes. Any idea why Firefox seems to ignore it? Whenever I try to > browse to local machines in /etc/hosts, firefox gives me a google > search page which is a bloody nuisance. If I type a

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Michael
On Monday, 6 March 2023 12:05:40 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > On 06/03/2023 11:08, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Monday, 6 March 2023 10:56:37 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > >> On 06/03/2023 10:06, Michael wrote: > >>> I suspect the behaviour you noticed is related to FF functionality like > >>> TRR > >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Wols Lists
On 06/03/2023 11:08, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Monday, 6 March 2023 10:56:37 GMT Wols Lists wrote: On 06/03/2023 10:06, Michael wrote: I suspect the behaviour you noticed is related to FF functionality like TRR (Trusted Recursive Resolver) farming all your DNS queries over to the cloudfarce

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 6 March 2023 10:56:37 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > On 06/03/2023 10:06, Michael wrote: > > I suspect the behaviour you noticed is related to FF functionality like > > TRR > > (Trusted Recursive Resolver) farming all your DNS queries over to the > > cloudfarce honeypot. > > > > Have a look

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Wols Lists
On 06/03/2023 10:06, Michael wrote: On Monday, 6 March 2023 08:24:35 GMT Wols Lists wrote: On 06/03/2023 08:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 07:54:51 +, Wols Lists wrote: There's another file - can't remember its name - that tells your resolver what to try in what order - the

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Dale
Wols Lists wrote: > On 06/03/2023 08:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 07:54:51 +, Wols Lists wrote: >> >>> There's another file - can't remember its name - that tells your >>> resolver what to try in what order - the hosts file, dns, what dhcp >>> told you, etc etc, so your

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Michael
On Sunday, 5 March 2023 18:41:10 GMT Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I use Surfshark and every once in a while, my VPN loses its connection. > I sent the info from messages to Surfshark but the info they sent back > on how to set the nameserver info doesn't really work with Gentoo. I > suspect they

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Michael
On Monday, 6 March 2023 08:24:35 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > On 06/03/2023 08:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 07:54:51 +, Wols Lists wrote: > >> There's another file - can't remember its name - that tells your > >> resolver what to try in what order - the hosts file, dns, what dhcp

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Wols Lists
On 06/03/2023 08:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 07:54:51 +, Wols Lists wrote: There's another file - can't remember its name - that tells your resolver what to try in what order - the hosts file, dns, what dhcp told you, etc etc, so your resolver might not be using dns the way

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-06 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 6 Mar 2023 07:54:51 +, Wols Lists wrote: > There's another file - can't remember its name - that tells your > resolver what to try in what order - the hosts file, dns, what dhcp > told you, etc etc, so your resolver might not be using dns the way you > think. Do you mean

Re: [gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-05 Thread Wols Lists
On 05/03/2023 18:41, Dale wrote: I edited the file they say with kwrite.  Even after I restart openvpn, the IP they want is there but it doesn't use it according to the site they sent for me to check it with.  It shows other IP addresses.  I'm sure I'm missing something, likely something simple,

[gentoo-user] Setting a fixed nameserver for openvpn

2023-03-05 Thread Dale
Howdy, I use Surfshark and every once in a while, my VPN loses its connection.  I sent the info from messages to Surfshark but the info they sent back on how to set the nameserver info doesn't really work with Gentoo.  I suspect they are used to systemd stuff.  Anyway, I tried to follow in a more