VPN kill swtich?

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Hi folks, I have a DS218 with DSM7. I have been using ExpressVPN for torrenting for 2+ years without issue. However after updating to DSM7 while doing the same thing, I received a warning from my ISP clearly showing that my activity was exposed.

I do notice that under DSM 7 the VPN would disconnect/reconnect without interrupting the internet therefore I believe this is what happened. Before DSM7 this was not an issue tho - my NAS would just be disconnected from the internet (which is also annoying).

Naiive question - does anyone know how to go back to the old logic? I don’t know if unchecking this box would do it:

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Yes i know, i should probably spend time setting up a real kill switch :frowning:

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Just use Docker. There are many ways to set this up properly, here’s one:

There’s no need to put 100% of your NAS’s network access behind a VPN.

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I’m unsure exactly what you use to torrent on your NAS but the only way to 100% protect yourself (for a PC at least) is to bind your VPN to the torrent client (qBittorrent in my case) kill switches aren’t good enough.

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That switch just makes it reconnect, needs to stop Internet traffic when disconnect or use external vpn box

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A friend of mine uses Transmission OpenVPN on docker for that. The container is killed as soon as his VPN connection is down

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VPN kill switches are not safe. You want to use a torrent client that binds to your VPN interface.

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Thanks!! This looks legit and very helpful!

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Thanks for the advice!

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Yeah I do think it’s not this box.

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Makes sense - any tutorial on that?

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there are many many tutorials here in this sub. Just search for Haugene Transmission OpenVPN :slight_smile: