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Proxychains

DNS leak

N Network Medium

🔴 Error Message

DNS queries not going through proxy

📖 What This Means

DNS resolution bypassing proxy chain.

🔧 Step-by-Step Fix

  1. Set proxy_dns in proxychains.conf
  2. Use: proxychains4 -f /etc/proxychains4.conf
  3. Verify: proxychains4 nslookup example.com

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