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Using VPN with Tor

Using a VPN with Tor to improve privacy properties and reduce leak risks

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Feb 3, 2026

What practical steps prevent DNS or IP leaks when using a VPN with Tor?

with Tor can improve some privacy properties but introduces new leak risks; practical defenses are straightforward: force DNS and IPv6 queries through Tor or the VPN, enforce a kill-switch or firewall...

Feb 2, 2026

When should a VPN be used with Tor and what new risks does that combination introduce?

can make sense in a few narrow situations—chiefly to hide the fact of Tor use from an ISP or to add an encrypted layer on hostile networks—but it is not a magic privacy panacea and can introduce new a...

Jan 30, 2026

What are the specific adversary models where Tor+VPN materially improves safety?

(VPN→Tor) can materially help against specific, limited adversaries — principally the user's ISP or local network observers and certain classes of malicious Tor relay operators — but it offers little ...

Jan 12, 2026

What are the documented risks of misconfiguring a VPN+Tor setup and how does the Tor Project recommend mitigating them?

Combining a VPN with Tor is a common impulse but a fraught one: the Tor Project warns that incorrect VPN+Tor configurations can reduce anonymity or break Tor's protections , and generally does not rec...