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openvpn client connects to server but name resolution does not work
Here is my (x)ubuntu version:
root@ubuntu:~# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
network-...
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Mac OS 10.10 ignoring Openvpn DNS settings
Running Mac OS 10.10. Setup a openvpn connection and put the DNS servers to be used with the VPN connection under VPN Profile->Advanced->DNS. When I connect, it only uses the the DNS server pulled ...
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How to setup DNS server behind a VPN
I want to host some websites behind a VPN and I need some help with the finer points of the configuration. Thus far I've settled on OpenVPN + Bind9 and I want to configure the domains like this:
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Identify reason for DNS resolution delay via VPN
I'm frequently in the position where I work from home and use the companies VPN to access internal services, which is why I also use the internal DNS server. Everything works fine and without great ...
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VPN DNS configuration bug in OS X
I am using TunnelBlick to connect to an VPN (OpenVPN) with OS X 10.9.2. I can authenticate and pass traffic but the DNS entries injected from the VPN do not work.
Here is the output of scutil --dns (...
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DNS resolution works inconsistently in VPN connection
I have an OpenVPN server setup in data center and use tunnelblick as a client. Once connected it add routes to my DC LAN 10.0.0.0/24 network and uses 10.0.0.1 as primary DNS, 8.8.8.8 as secondary DNS.
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Remotely push DNS server to client via OpenVPN
When I try to push a DNS server via the OpenVPN server-config I don't get that server to be the first DNS server on the connected client system. It ends up being specified as an alternative DNS server....
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How can I restart my networking after using Witopia's Viscosity openVPN install that dies?
I am a customer of Witopia; they provide a VPN service. For the client, they license a copy of Viscosity which is a GUI front-end for openVPN. Over the past couple of days I've noticed that if ...
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How does the windows DNS resolver hurt VPN software?
I recently came across the following article: https://medium.com/@ValdikSS/beware-of-windows-10-dns-resolver-and-dns-leaks-5bc5bfb4e3f1
This article explains that:
Windows 10 DNS resolver sends ...
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Can't resolve internal/private DNS entries over VPN connection
I have a basic VPN setup that allows me to connect to my AWS VPC via an OpenVPN client (tunnelblick 3.5). There is an OpenVPN sever (Ubuntu 12.4) that is running in the VPC which creates the ...
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OpenVPN dhcp-option DNS not working?
My OpenVPN server has the following lines in it's configuration file, but when I connect to my VPN with Linux Network Manager and check my DNS, it shows I'm using DNS server 89.187.179.174:
push &...
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openvpn private dns resolution
I am deploying openvpn for an AWS vpc, and I in order to have private DNS (route 53) resolution, I had to add the following to the server.conf file:
push "redirect-gateway def1"
push "dhcp-option DNS ...
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Query specific nameserver for a particular domain upon VPN connect
Some background: I have a work laptop with Ubuntu 9.10 on it. I have a small network at home where I've been running some basic services (for myself/my family) for 10 some years. In my home network ...
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OpenVPN DNS: VPN DNS stomping local VPN
I've finally noodled with OpenVPN enough to get it working. Even better, I can mount samba drives, ping network machines through the TUN device, etc - it's all great.
However, I'm noticing that if I ...
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What is the correct way to plug DNS leaks when running OpenVPN?
I've set up OpenVPN on a Linux server. All my Internet traffic goes through the VPN from that server. I'm running Windows 7 at home. I noticed in Wireshark that DNS queries are not going through the ...
