New user, need pointing in the right direction.

[AviNalaf69 0]

Hi all,

 

downloaded Air VPn and paid a 6 month subscription fee. Also downloaded Tor. My VPN interface is open and connected to a server in Holland. How can I be sure my activity is hidden? I've had a wander around the forums seeking the answers and help I need but to no avail as all this computer jargon is difficult to follow. Can anyone, in laymans terms, explain how I set it up, how I run Tor through my VPn and how to ensure that I'm hidden at all times and how I can test my security etc.

 

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong place and thanks in advance for any help

 

Avi.

[baneofthesith 8]

You check your privacy status on www.ipleak.net. Have a look if any MAC addresses or some of your real DNS ips show up in the test.

[OpenSourcerer 1435]

You check your privacy status on www.ipleak.net. Have a look if any MAC addresses or some of your real DNS ips show up in the test.

 

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[Staff 9972]

You check your privacy status on www.ipleak.net. Have a look if any MAC addresses or some of your real DNS ips show up in the test.

 

Important note: ipleak.net only receives IPv4 packets and only supports IPv4 (not IPv6). MAC addresses are treated by ARP to map a local IP address to a physical node/device, so you will not see MAC addresses anyway in ipleak.net or outside your local network (if you rely on IPv4), they are simply not included in IPv4 packets.

 

WIth IPv4, your machine MAC address is not transmitted outside your local network segment (in which ARP comes into play, for example). Things are quite different in IPv6 (for this argument, just consider that ARPv6 does not exist and that ARP is not usable) that's why it's important to consider that ipleak.net does not support IPv6.

 

Kind regards

[zhang888 1066]

Actually it makes alot of sense to start a new fork called ipv6leak.net, IPv6 is a privacy nightmare

because of mobility and nomadicity protocol features.