• ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Always make sure that QBT uses your VPN’s network interface. I got some DMCA emails despite split-tunneling a VPN recently, and I realized it was bound to all interfaces by default - that’s no good.

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      2 days ago

      Better to just configure a firewall properly so that no packets can go outside of the vpn tunnel.

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        2 days ago

        How is that better? If you configure your firewall rules incorrectly, this protects you against that. This ensures you have no connection if your VPN isn’t on/isn’t working.

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          11 hours ago

          Thats what the firewall rules do too, don’t allow internet connection if there’s no vpn connection.

          Firewall is a system-wide solution that always works, while qbt config relies heavily on the application implementing interface binding properly. Which it doesn’t fully btw.