I am using ProtonVPN, and have (or so I thought) set up qBittorrent to bind to the network interface that ProtonVPN is using (tun0). The connection symbol turns red if I turn off the VPN, and downloads will stop. However, when checking the torrent address on ipleak.net, it seems that this bind is not working properly - my real IP shows up after I have disconnected my VPN. I thought that there shouldn’t be any connections made when traffic is not via the tun0 interface, so that my real IP should never be known by the detection tool. Am I wrong?

I have not configured the kill switch, but perhaps I should do so?

  • redfellow@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    8 months ago

    In addition to binding, you must also turn off dht and local peer discovery.

    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.orgEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Following up once again on this comment. These aren’t required. Can you explain why you think they are? Does it work differently on Linux or something?

      Edit: welp, no follow up from this person so I’m just gonna go ahead and say his comment was absolute fake news. Cool.