Comment on Weird Internet Behavior Starting Selfhost Server & PC's
non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
DNS leak tests only understand your exit IP. If your VPN provider allows round Robin load balancing, this may happen. This is a drawback of VPN exits out of your control, that you can’t know how their exits are handled.
Why you are so concerned about DNS leaks beyond one test is another matter only you can solve. Unless you are changing your dnssec config daily, this should be checked once.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The way I see it is, we have three options:
non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
As a fellow tinhat wearer, I applaud your reluctance to trust what they tell you.
However, there isn’t much you can do about your VPN provider setting up multiple exit routes, or maybe they’re doing something really fancy like NAT filtering DNS requests so big players like Netflix have a harder time catching on to ppl geo-hopping.
But the outcome is the same: you have no control over this behaviour.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Yes, I totally understand that. It seemed suspicious to me because it had never happened to me before. (I have bookmarked a few articles about this 'Round Robin to read this evening) Like I said, This check gets done every morning, and has been a ‘ritual’ for years, and I have had the same VPN provider for years. So, that is what triggered my anxiety. I appreciate what everyone else has said, and I bow to greater knowledge bases than I possess. At the very least, TIL. So it’s been a good day 'tater.
non_burglar@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Fair enough.
I see your posts and comments regularly in self-hosted, keep it up. Staying engaged is learning.