On Fri, 19 Jun 2015 11:01:25 +0300 Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > When network.proxy.socks_remote_dns is set to true, the DNS > > requests are sent through the SOCKS connection and delivered to > > your computer at home (which ultimately is sent to your ISP but you > > already thrust it with that information any way, don't you?) > > Please don't do so. Ssh only provides SOCKS4 proxy, and SOCKS4 can > not tunnel DNS requests (or any UDP traffic for that matter). > > Although I agree that un-tunneled DNS requests is a privacy issue > indeed. > I'd go along with that in general, if you're going to use a VPN, use a proper one. I tunnel the odd TCP stream through ssh for simplicity and convenience from moderately trusted networks, but to do anything from a public network, I'd use OpenVPN. -- Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150619091513.2e586...@jresid.jretrading.com
