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Not working with Mullvad VPN

Open forgedhallpass opened this issue 2 years ago • 3 comments

The -v and/or -raw/-debug, -stats flags should indicate that there is a problem. image

forgedhallpass avatar Jul 12 '22 11:07 forgedhallpass

From their website:

If you are using the Mullvad VPN app, you are automatically safe from DNS leaks. All of your DNS requests get rerouted to our own non-logging DNS resolver instead of to your ISP or a public DNS provider.

I suppose that this network filtering and the potentially high rate of DNS requests might cause malfunctioning. I would propose the following:

  • Updating the docs warning users of possible packet loss while using DNS UDP with VPNs
  • Adding a new stats Error/Packet Loss counting those packets that didn't get any network reply

@forgedhallpass Would this satisfy your request?

Mzack9999 avatar Aug 03 '22 06:08 Mzack9999

@Mzack9999 yes, I think that would be helpful.

forgedhallpass avatar Aug 25 '22 10:08 forgedhallpass

Todo:

  • [x] Update README.md: using VPN might cause network packet losses
  • [x] ~~Consider adding a packet loss/packet without answer metric (optional)~~ (not planned)

Mzack9999 avatar Sep 26 '22 11:09 Mzack9999