I am using ProtonVPN, and have (or so I thought) set up qBittorrent to bind to the network interface that ProtonVPN is using (tun0). The connection symbol turns red if I turn off the VPN, and downloads will stop. However, when checking the torrent address on ipleak.net, it seems that this bind is not working properly - my real IP shows up after I have disconnected my VPN. I thought that there shouldn’t be any connections made when traffic is not via the tun0 interface, so that my real IP should never be known by the detection tool. Am I wrong?

I have not configured the kill switch, but perhaps I should do so?

  • cyberwolfie@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It is the “Torrent Address detection” magnet link I am using, and it is this that reveals my real IP when the VPN is disabled. The traffic in qBittorrent stops though.

    EDIT: And as I mentioned in an earlier post, it works as intended if I open the client when not connected to the VPN. It is just if the client is running while I disconnect that this problem occurs, as far as I can tell.