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<p>[QUOTE="Arnox, post: 12103, member: 1"]</p><p>So I was browsing the internet one night and I suddenly get forcibly redirected to a page stating my ISP has received notices of DMCA violations. Except I regularly use a VPN... At first I thought it was a phishing attempt and called up my ISP to confirm it. Yep, it was valid. Next came the question of how in the fuck the RIAA lawyers got a hold of my IP. I did the usual IP leak checks. Nope. No problems there whatsoever. I then did a torrent leak check with ipleak.net. And there it is! My true IP right there along with the VPN IP.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/cIRb0lX.jpg" data-url="https://i.imgur.com/cIRb0lX.jpg" class="bbImage " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I don't even want to know how long this has been going on for. I should probably thank the RIAA lawyers for the free security bulletin, but even so... What the hell is causing the fucking leak??? I tried reinstalling both the VPN and the torrent client completely from scratch. Nope. Still leaking. I then went into my MX Linux dual boot to test a theory. No leak there though. All clean. Ok, so whatever this is, it's a Windows problem of some kind. I then did a bit of searching and then quickly found out that... WHOOPSY, you need to set the torrent client to explicitly use the TAP adapter connection. And right after I set that, no more leaks...</p><p></p><p>Fucking hell...</p><p></p><p>TL;DR then. Be warned if you use a torrent client and a VPN as <strong>you need to set the torrent client to EXPLICITLY use the Windows TAP adapter connection</strong> so it doesn't accidentally bypass the VPN.</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="Arnox, post: 12103, member: 1"] So I was browsing the internet one night and I suddenly get forcibly redirected to a page stating my ISP has received notices of DMCA violations. Except I regularly use a VPN... At first I thought it was a phishing attempt and called up my ISP to confirm it. Yep, it was valid. Next came the question of how in the fuck the RIAA lawyers got a hold of my IP. I did the usual IP leak checks. Nope. No problems there whatsoever. I then did a torrent leak check with ipleak.net. And there it is! My true IP right there along with the VPN IP. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/cIRb0lX.jpg[/IMG] I don't even want to know how long this has been going on for. I should probably thank the RIAA lawyers for the free security bulletin, but even so... What the hell is causing the fucking leak??? I tried reinstalling both the VPN and the torrent client completely from scratch. Nope. Still leaking. I then went into my MX Linux dual boot to test a theory. No leak there though. All clean. Ok, so whatever this is, it's a Windows problem of some kind. I then did a bit of searching and then quickly found out that... WHOOPSY, you need to set the torrent client to explicitly use the TAP adapter connection. And right after I set that, no more leaks... Fucking hell... TL;DR then. Be warned if you use a torrent client and a VPN as [B]you need to set the torrent client to EXPLICITLY use the Windows TAP adapter connection[/B] so it doesn't accidentally bypass the VPN. [/QUOTE]
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