topic Re: ExpressVPN does that Circumvent the OPENDNS Content Filtering in OpenDNS

ExpressVPN does that Circumvent the OPENDNS Content Filtering

mporterfield — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 19:57:56 GMT

I have started running ExpressVPN and I don't appear to have content filtering with my OPENDNS anymore. Is that what I'm experiencing that EVPN does not allow for my DNS settings to content filter at my router level?

Re: ExpressVPN does that Circumvent the OPENDNS Content Filtering

rotblitz — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:09:41 GMT

Yes, when using a VPN, then you are not using OpenDNS. That’s all normal.

Re: ExpressVPN does that Circumvent the OPENDNS Content Filtering

mporterfield — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 20:13:07 GMT

Thanks rotblitz, greatly appreciate your response.

Re: ExpressVPN does that Circumvent the OPENDNS Content Filtering

rotblitz — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:24:32 GMT

"content filter at my router level"

This content filtering does not happen at your router level, but OpenDNS is a service in the cloud.

If you use a VPN, then all your traffic goes through the VPN tunnel, also your DNS traffic. That's the reason why you use the DNS service configured on the VPN server, not the one configured locally by you.

Re: ExpressVPN does that Circumvent the OPENDNS Content Filtering

mporterfield — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 14:58:10 GMT

My poor wording.... cloud. Understood.