{"id":507,"date":"2021-02-08T09:37:33","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vpnjedi.com\/?p=507"},"modified":"2021-02-15T17:32:19","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T22:32:19","slug":"vpn-security-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vpnjedi.com\/vpn-security-test\/","title":{"rendered":"VPN Security Tests \u2013 How to Test Your VPN for Leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you happen across the website of just about any VPN provider, you are sure to be hit over the head with assurances of security and privacy. In fact, most VPN providers claim to operate the most secure services in the industry<\/strong>. And of course, they try to convince you that your data will stay 100% safe as soon as you hop on their service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which is how it should be. After all, data security and online privacy are the most essential reasons for using a VPN in the first place. Unfortunately, it is not always the case. For a variety of reasons, your VPN client may be the culprit leaking your information over the internet<\/strong>. Security leaks can lead to far-reaching consequences, as you can well imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that\u2019s why VPN Jedi<\/strong> is here to show you the various methods you can apply in testing your VPN connections for the most common leaks. These tests will confirm whether your VPN is actually secure, or whether you have potentially been giving away vital information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DNS Leak Test<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

DNS is short for Domain Name System<\/strong>. It is basically a directory of domain names (like vpnjedi.com) that match with their IP addresses. Every device that accesses the internet is assigned a unique IP address. Websites are also assigned IP addresses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But memorizing these IP addresses (especially IPv6) would naturally be a very tedious process. DNS makes it easy for browsers to access internet resources by translating domain names into IP addresses<\/strong>. You can think of it as your phone\u2019s contact list that matches your contacts\u2019 names to their phone numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internet Service Providers, or ISPs, do the job of translating these domain names to their corresponding IP addresses. Under normal circumstances, that is. When you use a VPN though, your IP address gets hidden in the secure tunnel created by your VPN so that your location cannot be tracked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what happens when there is a translation leak in the VPN\u2019s tunnel? You guessed it. Your IP address information is exposed<\/strong> and any number of interested parties may be able to track your actual location with that information<\/strong>. DNS leaks are entirely counter opposed to the purpose of using a VPN in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To test whether or not your VPN has a DNS leak:<\/p>\n\n\n\n