On Fri, 2018-07-27 at 14:52 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > The short answer is, "as long as you use NetworkManager, no." > > I no longer have the link, but some time ago I found a page that > explains it very clearly. > > Search terms: "openvpn networkmanager dns leak" > > Effectively, NetworkManager lacks a concept of "replace the active > DNS settings when this connection becomes active." Instead, what it > does is add the DNS servers to those already listed. There is > supposed to be a way to specify the IPv4 DNS servers (you can do this > in the NM gui), then you set the IPv4 DNS priority to -1 (meaning > clear everything else out and use these instead) by editing the text > configuration file. > > The problems with that, though, are the result of the -1 priority > appears to prevent any other connection from having IPv4 DNS servers > in resolv.conf. That may or may not be a problem for you. That > approach also prevents you from taking advantage of DHCP push of DNS > servers from the VPN server. > > I have seen some bugs requesting that they fix it, and even a commit > that might be what you are asking for. However, I don't know when it > might make its way into a Debian stable release (or even unstable). > Roberto, thanks for the insight and recommendation, based on your search suggestion I found the solution here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openvpn/+bug/1211110/comments /92 -Jim P.
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