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I would say that the title is misleading. The author set up their own VPN, but didn't delve into what the config options they used actually do until they ran into problems. Everything else follows from that.
DNS leaks are easy to miss.
A VPN (in this context) is hardly a VPN if it doesn't traffic dns requests, and it's probably the false advertising by the "you need a vpn to securely access the internet" companies that misinformed OP what type of VPN they were setting up.
The title should be more like "can't trust not reading the manual these days", or "can't trust sane defaults"
I would say that the title is misleading. The author set up their own VPN, but didn't delve into what the config options they used actually do until they ran into problems. Everything else follows from that.
What if the the author simply used 1.1.1.1 / 8.8.8.8 / any other public DNS outside of their country for all traffic? It's an easier solution (yeah, with some drawbacks)
DNS isn't authenticated.
What if the the author simply used 1.1.1.1 / 8.8.8.8 / any other public DNS outside of their country for all traffic? It's an easier solution (yeah, with some drawbacks)