Is HideAway secure against VPN leaks?
Updated: 24/03/2021
Article #: 108
Yes, you can test this at ipleak.net when connecting to another country using HideAway to redirect your entire computer to another country.
If you only just re-direct your internet browser or another application, then you'll notice that it fails the DNS leak test. The reason this happens is because HideAway makes specific redirect rules for different applications, but Windows has other processes running called 'svchost.exe' which leak your IP address through DNS. You'll need to also redirect port 53 which DNS queries run through to prevent this. If you didn't want to redirect port 53, then you could make a filter for the process 'svchost.exe' and redirect this to your chosen location.
If you only just re-direct your internet browser or another application, then you'll notice that it fails the DNS leak test. The reason this happens is because HideAway makes specific redirect rules for different applications, but Windows has other processes running called 'svchost.exe' which leak your IP address through DNS. You'll need to also redirect port 53 which DNS queries run through to prevent this. If you didn't want to redirect port 53, then you could make a filter for the process 'svchost.exe' and redirect this to your chosen location.
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