The VPNs not only keep their personal information safe but also keep their online excursions private.
(pdf) after investigating 14 popular services on the market today.
No rules are added to redirect IPv6 traffic into the tunnel.
This can result in all IPv6 traffic bypassing the VPNs virtual interface.
While another VPN, AirVPN stated thatAt least for AirVPN the paper is outdated.
There is nothing to worry about for AirVPN.
TorGuard said that they knew about whitepaper and have been working to address the issues it raises.
It said it has also launched a new IPv6 leak prevention feature on Windows, Mac and Linux.
If that is the case, DNS hijacking is only the beginning of ones worries.
PIA panned the research paper on various fronts, including incorrect claims about its DNS resolver.
Contrary to the report, we have our own private DNS daemon running on the Choopa connection.
Your DNS requests are handled by a local DNS resolver running on the VPN gateway you are connected to.
This can be easily verified through a site like ipleak.net.
Additionally… we do not allow our DNS servers to report IPv6 (AAAA records) results.
Were very serious about security and privacy.
PIA has also published aresponsein which it says that its Windows client is safe.
Proper reporting routines would have been great, however.
Shamefully, this is improper security disclosure.
IPv 6 users may contact their service provide to patch the issues noted by the researchers.
source: www.techworm.net
