WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.660 align:middle line:90% 00:00:06.660 --> 00:00:10.170 align:middle line:84% So another thing about VPNs are, what they should do 00:00:10.170 --> 00:00:14.640 align:middle line:84% is they should mask your proper IP address. 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.750 align:middle line:84% So one way to test this is with a DNS leak test 00:00:18.750 --> 00:00:21.600 align:middle line:84% and essentially, what a DNS leak test does 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:25.140 align:middle line:84% is, it makes sure that your real DNS is not being leaked. 00:00:25.140 --> 00:00:29.310 align:middle line:84% And what that means is your IP address, 00:00:29.310 --> 00:00:34.080 align:middle line:84% your real IP address should be completely different 00:00:34.080 --> 00:00:36.390 align:middle line:84% when you're running VPN and you go out to the internet. 00:00:36.390 --> 00:00:40.290 align:middle line:84% Again, that's part of the process of VPN. 00:00:40.290 --> 00:00:41.625 align:middle line:90% It hides your IP address. 00:00:41.625 --> 00:00:43.500 align:middle line:84% It hides your traffic, and what you're doing. 00:00:43.500 --> 00:00:45.530 align:middle line:90% It's all encrypted. 00:00:45.530 --> 00:00:49.370 align:middle line:84% So what I always recommend is when you're considering a VPN, 00:00:49.370 --> 00:00:50.780 align:middle line:90% run a DNS leak test. 00:00:50.780 --> 00:00:53.170 align:middle line:90% Make sure it's working properly. 00:00:53.170 --> 00:00:57.290 align:middle line:84% So if it's working properly, your real IP address 00:00:57.290 --> 00:01:00.110 align:middle line:84% should not show up in a DNS leak test. 00:01:00.110 --> 00:01:05.690 align:middle line:84% And you can go to dnsleaktest.com, 00:01:05.690 --> 00:01:09.050 align:middle line:84% and then either you could do a standard or a extended test. 00:01:09.050 --> 00:01:11.810 align:middle line:84% So quite simply, once you go on, there it 00:01:11.810 --> 00:01:15.080 align:middle line:90% should give you IP address. 00:01:15.080 --> 00:01:16.760 align:middle line:84% That shouldn't be your real IP address. 00:01:16.760 --> 00:01:18.800 align:middle line:84% And then you could do a standard test, 00:01:18.800 --> 00:01:22.840 align:middle line:90% or you could do a extended test. 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:27.370 align:middle line:84% And once you click it, it will go through the test. 00:01:27.370 --> 00:01:29.620 align:middle line:84% And it will give you some basic information. 00:01:29.620 --> 00:01:32.290 align:middle line:84% Also, shouldn't give you what your real ISP is. 00:01:32.290 --> 00:01:38.560 align:middle line:84% So, in this case, I have 192.69.203.71, which 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.800 align:middle line:90% is not my real IP address. 00:01:41.800 --> 00:01:43.780 align:middle line:84% Hostname, it wasn't able to pull that. 00:01:43.780 --> 00:01:50.260 align:middle line:84% And the ISP, Leaseweb-USA-wdc, that's actually a VPN ISP. 00:01:50.260 --> 00:01:53.350 align:middle line:84% So that's not my real ISP either. 00:01:53.350 --> 00:01:58.090 align:middle line:84% So, in my case, I'm running Proton VPN, 00:01:58.090 --> 00:02:02.200 align:middle line:84% so it did properly mask my IP address, 00:02:02.200 --> 00:02:06.280 align:middle line:90% did mask my ISP, which is great. 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:10.990 align:middle line:84% And in this case, I chose ISP for the United States, 00:02:10.990 --> 00:02:14.020 align:middle line:90% so it showed the proper country. 00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:19.330 align:middle line:84% Another advantage to a VPN is, if you're, say, 00:02:19.330 --> 00:02:22.480 align:middle line:84% doing an OSINT investigation, you're 00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:26.480 align:middle line:84% doing a investigation in another country, say Russia, 00:02:26.480 --> 00:02:32.640 align:middle line:84% or the Netherlands, Australia, what not, 00:02:32.640 --> 00:02:37.950 align:middle line:84% you may actually end up in a Australian forum doing 00:02:37.950 --> 00:02:40.470 align:middle line:84% those investigation on individual, 00:02:40.470 --> 00:02:42.930 align:middle line:84% you probably want to use a VPN for a couple of reasons. 00:02:42.930 --> 00:02:46.770 align:middle line:84% A VPN, again, encrypts your traffic. 00:02:46.770 --> 00:02:50.970 align:middle line:84% And then you can potentially pick a VPN location 00:02:50.970 --> 00:02:52.140 align:middle line:90% from Australia. 00:02:52.140 --> 00:02:54.900 align:middle line:84% That way, when you go in the Australian forum, 00:02:54.900 --> 00:03:00.860 align:middle line:84% they don't see a US IP address and essentially raise 00:03:00.860 --> 00:03:01.790 align:middle line:90% any flags. 00:03:01.790 --> 00:03:07.370 align:middle line:84% It looks like a Australian user accessing the Australian forum. 00:03:07.370 --> 00:03:11.610 align:middle line:84% So that's another advantage to a VPN. 00:03:11.610 --> 00:03:17.240 align:middle line:84% So wrapping up, VPNs can help protect our privacy 00:03:17.240 --> 00:03:20.630 align:middle line:84% by encrypting our traffic, hiding our real IP address, 00:03:20.630 --> 00:03:25.370 align:middle line:90% and hiding our location and ISP. 00:03:25.370 --> 00:03:30.860 align:middle line:84% VPNs can route our traffic through different connections, 00:03:30.860 --> 00:03:33.800 align:middle line:84% throughout our locations generally, throughout, say, 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:37.580 align:middle line:84% in my case, the United States or even other countries. 00:03:37.580 --> 00:03:39.840 align:middle line:84% So not all VPNs are going to be the same. 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:44.730 align:middle line:84% So definitely do your research before you buy or use a VPN. 00:03:44.730 --> 00:03:48.360 align:middle line:84% VPNs are also used to sometimes fight censorship. 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:52.290 align:middle line:84% And always run a DNS leak test on your VPN 00:03:52.290 --> 00:03:55.320 align:middle line:84% to make sure that it's properly routing your traffic 00:03:55.320 --> 00:03:57.135 align:middle line:84% and it's not making your real DNS. 00:03:57.135 --> 00:03:59.770 align:middle line:90% 00:03:59.770 --> 00:04:01.180 align:middle line:90% So this was about VPNs. 00:04:01.180 --> 00:04:03.013 align:middle line:84% And in next video, we're going to be talking 00:04:03.013 --> 00:04:04.030 align:middle line:90% about logs and auditing. 00:04:04.030 --> 00:04:05.030 align:middle line:90% Thank you for watching. 00:04:05.030 --> 00:04:07.110 align:middle line:90% I'll see you in the next video. 00:04:07.110 --> 00:04:08.000 align:middle line:90%