What Is the .openvpn Domain?

kleinfelter

When I connect my Macbook to my OpenVPN server, I see

and using default domain name [ openvpn ]

and all my unqualified DNS queries have ".openvpn" appended.

DNS lookups for literally-anything.openvpn all return the IP addresses 198.105.244.130 and 198.105.254.130.

I'm sure I could prevent this by specifying a domain name, but it seems like somebody is assigning the .openvpn domain for a reason and I ought to understand why before I change it. Where do I go to RTFM on why this is happening?

TinCanTech

Please see:
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kleinfelter wrote Where do I go to RTFM on why this is happening

The Manual v24x

Surprised you asked .. :geek:

kleinfelter

In case someone comes along later, wondering about the .openvpn domain, one can read about this topic here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tunnelblick-discuss/eCN_7tbUbHA

It turns out that the .openvpn domain isn't actually set by OpenVpn -- it is set by Tunnelblick. That's why it isn't found in the OpenVPN doc.