When you visit a website, DNS (Domain Name System) is used to translate domain names like firetrust.com to a numeric number called your IP address, after all domain names are easier to remember than a numeric address like 123.12.12.124

Whenever your computer needs to contact a server on the internet, like when you enter a website in your web browser, then your computer first contacts a DNS server and requests the IP address of the website you'd like to go to. Most Internet service providers assign their customers a DNS server which they control and use for logging and recording your Internet activities.

Using HideAway with DNS leak protection ensures that your ISP's DNS server are not used, but instead those by HideAway are used instead. Some ISP's are now using a technology called 'Transparent DNS proxy'. Using this technology, they will intercept all DNS lookup requests (TCP/UDP port 53) and transparently proxy the results.

This effectively forces you to use their DNS service for all DNS lookups. Stay anonymous, private and secure when browsing the internet with the worlds fastest, most flexible VPN.