Re: DNS with Tor (compared to VPNs).

2010-10-24 Thread coderman
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 4:47 PM, wrote: > ... > : However, my ISP does not see the DNS requests (or the website since > : all traffic flows through the encrypted VPN). > > It depends on the VPN.  Many vpns don't touch your dns settings, > therefore your local resolver sees the requests. the reve

Re: DNS with Tor (compared to VPNs).

2010-10-20 Thread andrew
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 07:18:21PM +0100, pump...@cotse.net wrote 2.0K bytes in 53 lines about: : AIUI here is the DNS situation ("leaks") when using an ISP, a VPN, and Tor. : : If I am using my ISPs DNS then they can log the websites via my DNS requests. The dns server sees every request invol

DNS with Tor (compared to VPNs).

2010-10-20 Thread Matthew
AIUI here is the DNS situation ("leaks") when using an ISP, a VPN, and Tor. Can someone please correct me if I am wrong / inaccurate. If I am using my ISPs DNS then they can log the websites via my DNS requests. If I am using a commercial VPN then the VPNs DNS logs the websites. However, my