error accessing bit.ly w/ VPN

FunTimes

anyone see this before?

Brave + Firefox both denied

Shields down in Brave didn't make a difference

Turning off Bit Defender VPN solved the problem

Only site I think this happens to

thanks

Gjoksi

Hello.

Check out these articles:

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/13353/

or

https://www.bitdefender.com/consumer/support/answer/30765/

and see if the steps in the articles will help you.

Regards.

FunTimes

Thanks, split tunneling worked, though I guess that exposes me through that website, is that correct?

Flexx

https://community.bitdefender.com/en/discussion/comment/323831#Comment_323831

To be honest, as with almost any technology, split tunneling comes with a few inherent risks, most of which can be mitigated. The most common risk is a DNS leak. A DNS leak happens when you unintentionally expose the details of your traffic to bad actors. A full tunnel VPN deployment encrypts everything, while split tunneling encrypts only a portion. This means there's always a risk, however small, that some traffic that should have been encrypted will remain unsecured.

More information about split tunneling can be found in below stated link

https://www.bitdefender.com/blog/hotforsecurity/what-is-split-tunneling-and-how-does-it-work/

Regards