#Hide my ip torrent torrent#

This way you can be assured that snoops will not be able to determine your true IP address.

#Hide my ip torrent torrent#

You need to make sure that your torrent VPN (or torrent proxy) is working and masking your true IP address from the outside world. Torrent-specific Checks (How to Make Sure your Torrent VPN is Working)Д«efore you start downloading and sharing torrents after reading our anonymous torrent guide, you should first check what IP address your torrent app is transmitting. There's also an IPv6 Leak Test if you want to check that too

DNSLeak Test вЂ“ wait a few seconds for the results.

To test whether your VPN suffers DNS leaks, go to: In other words, a DNS leak occurs when your browser ignores your VPN set up and sends the DNS request directly to your ISP. When this happens it represents a significant risk as it can reveal your true IP address. When a DNS leak occurs, your computer or Internet-enabled device starts using your regular (your ISPвЂ™s) DNS server instead of your VPN providerвЂ™s DNS server. This action is independent from your web browser.

When you enter a domain name to visit a website, your operating system fetches the underlying IP address from a domain name system (or DNS) server. When you visit a website (such as IP addresses are used invisibly in the background to point your web browser at the right IP address for a particular website. DNS, short for domain name system, is used to translate numerical IP addresses into domain namesВ (and vice versa) because domain names are much easier to remember than IP addresses.