If you feel that you're living in a human rights hostile country, or in any way the above mentioned knowledge may harm you, you should act immediately to stop DNS leaks. If you don't want that your ISP, and anybody with the ability to monitor your line, knows the names your system tries to resolve (so the web sites you visit etc.) you must prevent your system to leak DNS. Under various circumstances, the system process svchost.exe will send out DNS queries without respecting the routing table and the default gateway of the VPN tunnel, causing the leak. Each network interface can have its own DNS. In brief: Windows lacks the concept of global DNS. In this context, with 'DNS leak' we mean an unencrypted DNS query sent by your system OUTSIDE the established VPN tunnel. At 'WebRTC' mark select 'Disable non-proxied UDP'. Select 'Show advanced settings' and click on 'Privacy & security'. Opera: Type 'about:config' in the address bar or go to 'Settings'.Google Chrome: Install Google official extension WebRTC Network Limiter.Scroll down to “”, double click to set it to false. Mozilla Firefox: Type 'about:config” in the address bar.WebRTC implement STUN (Session Traversal Utilities for Nat), a protocol that allows to discover the public IP address.
