[PLUG] One last comment on using protonvpn config files

American Citizen website.reader3 at gmail.com
Sun Feb 16 01:09:18 UTC 2025


One last comment on using protonvpn config files with openvpn...

Thank you King Beowulf for the helpful openvpn script which uses the 
protonvpn configs.

Careful testing has shown that there is a bad DNS leak when the import 
mechanism is used in OpenSuse Leap 15.5 network manager to import the 
openvpn protonvpn config file and add it as a vpn connection underneath 
the menu selector.

One run showed that ONLY the Cloudflare DNS was being accessed, not the 
DNS paired with the protonvpn config file. There are leaks occurring. 
Even the Google DNS occasionally showed up.

However using openvpn itself, using the bash script provided by King 
Beowulf shows that the vpn is secure and working as intended and staying 
paired with the DNS server intended by the protonvpn config to accompany 
the vpn tunnel.

I am going to have to talk to the Network section part of the OpenSuse 
Community and see if this problem can be fixed.

Randall





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