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I've got a few questions, and their puffy news post doesn't answer them: * Is this a real VPN service, or simply an HTTP/HTTPS proxy? * Is DNS resolution also

by sspiff 10y ago

I've got a few questions, and their puffy news post doesn't answer them: * Is this a real VPN service, or simply an HTTP/HTTPS proxy? * Is DNS resolution also securely handled through the tunnel, or does this stay in the clear? * What region(s) is their VPN service located in? * Is it possible for other software to use this tunnel in any way? Upon first reading, this doesn't seem very different from their old "accelerator proxies" which compressed HTTP traffic into a binary format, and reduced image detail/resolution, but with a new marketing spin and those old features removed or disabled.

mihok 10y ago
Just installed it, and looks like you get, Canada, US, and Germany as options for the VPN. Tiny text below the enable button has this: "Secure proxy provided by SurfEasy Inc., an Opera company based in Canada. By using the service you accept the Terms of Service. VPN connects to other servers around the world so your connection speed might be affected." My only gripe with it so far is the VPN is across all tabs, so I have to switch it off to access some of my office VPN sites
- sspiff 10y ago
  Interesting, how did you try it? I just installed the Opera developer version and can't seem to find anything to enable or configure VPN usage.
  - mihok 10y ago
    Top left 'Menu'-> Settings -> Privacy & security, about middle of that page has 'Enable VPN' After you do that it shows up in the address bar beside the SSL lock
- deleted 10y ago
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betaby 10y ago
DNS is not leaked, it's a https proxy and opera passes URL there without any local resolution.
- ashmud 10y ago
  Is there a source for this claim (e.g., document from Opera, personal testing such as with Wireshark, etc.)? Are the OS overrides for DNS entries (e.g., hosts file) used at all in this case?
  - betaby 10y ago
    Source is tcpdump on my Linux localhost. Host file is parsed and honored. After one start Opera can work even with empty resolv.conf
caberus 10y ago
that would be really handy if browser listens a port to proxify other applications

by sspiff 10y ago

mihok 10y ago

Just installed it, and looks like you get, Canada, US, and Germany as options for the VPN. Tiny text below the enable button has this: "Secure proxy provided by SurfEasy Inc., an Opera company based in Canada. By using the service you accept the Terms of Service. VPN connects to other servers around the world so your connection speed might be affected." My only gripe with it so far is the VPN is across all tabs, so I have to switch it off to access some of my office VPN sites

sspiff 10y ago
Interesting, how did you try it? I just installed the Opera developer version and can't seem to find anything to enable or configure VPN usage.
- mihok 10y ago
  Top left 'Menu'-> Settings -> Privacy & security, about middle of that page has 'Enable VPN' After you do that it shows up in the address bar beside the SSL lock
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betaby 10y ago

DNS is not leaked, it's a https proxy and opera passes URL there without any local resolution.

ashmud 10y ago
Is there a source for this claim (e.g., document from Opera, personal testing such as with Wireshark, etc.)? Are the OS overrides for DNS entries (e.g., hosts file) used at all in this case?
- betaby 10y ago
  Source is tcpdump on my Linux localhost. Host file is parsed and honored. After one start Opera can work even with empty resolv.conf

caberus 10y ago

that would be really handy if browser listens a port to proxify other applications