DNS and Windscribe CLI client v1.4

[Jeronimo17]

Hola,

Tengo Windscribe VPN que uso bastante poco pero hace tiempo que di cuenta que después de desconectarlo tenia que reiniciar el PC o la navegación era muy lenta. Hace poco lo usé me volvió a pasar y me di cuenta que era por las DNS. Windscribe pone su IP de resolución de DNS y no la consigue eliminar al desconectar.

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$ windscribe disconnect 
Firewall Disabled
DISCONNECTED
$ cat /etc/resolv.conf 
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
# 127.0.0.53 is the systemd-resolved stub resolver.
# run "systemd-resolve --status" to see details about the actual nameservers.

nameserver 10.255.255.2
nameserver 127.0.0.53

Les escribí y me dijeron que hiciera esto

Thank you for contacting Windscribe Support.
Por favor prueba a activar systemd-resolved:

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sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-resolved
sudo rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
sudo ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf

y efectivamente funciona pero ahora el archivo /etc/resolv.conf siempre tiene esto:

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$ cat /etc/resolv.conf 
# This file is managed by man:systemd-resolved(8). Do not edit.
#
# This is a dynamic resolv.conf file for connecting local clients directly to
# all known uplink DNS servers. This file lists all configured search domains.
#
# Third party programs must not access this file directly, but only through the
# symlink at /etc/resolv.conf. To manage man:resolv.conf(5) in a different way,
# replace this symlink by a static file or a different symlink.
#
# See man:systemd-resolved.service(8) for details about the supported modes of
# operation for /etc/resolv.conf.

nameserver 1.1.1.1
nameserver 1.0.0.1

¿Ya no tengo el cache local? 127.0.0.53
No se si es una buena solución y tampoco entiendo por que anteriormente sin nameserver 10.255.255.2 no se resolvía nada por la VPN y ahora con las dns manuales 1.1.1.1 que siempre he tenido aparecen en /etc/resolv.conf si funciona.

Solución que previamente yo les dije era meter en /etc/windscribe/client.ovpn lo que dicen aquí https://serverfault.com/a/585065 pero ese archivo es sobrescrito al reiniciar

Gracias

[rogerChaslock]

I signed up to Windscribe in March (running Linux Mint 20.3), and by the end of the month came across the same problem.

I have been corresponding with them since then, trying to resolve the problem, with no success.

Eventually, I got the following advice

«
I've spoken to our dev team and as of now Linux Mint is deemed incompatible with our GUI app.
I suggest using the CLI app for the moment until a compatible release is made in the future.
Alternatively, you can also switch to a distro such as Ubuntu or Fedora if that is something you might consider.
»

Yesterday, I asked for my money back, but was told I had exceeded the 3 day/10 Gb limit for refunds! Given that only now do I find Linux Mint incompatible, I think my request is reasonable. Particularly as I have spent a lot of time trying to help them resolve the problem.

Incidentally, it is difficult to find the CLI and run it after installation. One has to run windscribe-cli. This hums to itself and reports that the GUI is not running, and starts it - resurrecting the very situation causing the problem.

Would anyone recommend an alternative? I have signed up to Trust.Zone, which seems satisfactory.

[Jeronimo17]

My problem was only with DNS, I have always used CLI not GUI, very easy to use.

I was told to do this and it works

Hi there,

Thank you for contacting Windscribe Support.

Please try enabling systemd-resolved:

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sudo systemctl enable --now systemd-resolved
sudo rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
sudo ln -s /run/systemd/resolve/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf

Let me know the results, I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,
Krishna

[rogerChaslock]

Hi

That was the very first advice Krishna gave me, but in my case it achieved nothing.

Krishna has now organised a refund for me.

(I wonder if Krishna is the name all their support staff use!)

- Roger -