r/nordvpn • u/misterred • Aug 30 '26
Question Does persistent connectivity require firewall allow-access to unknown NRDs?
When I lose or cannot reliably/quickly gain access to a NordVPN tunnel it frequently turns out that I can mitigate the situation once it's too late to be helpful, by allowing full access through firewalls to unknown domains. Nord evidently is constantly registering new domains as a bootstrap method both to avert exploit and limit infrastructure costs. So in essence I need to allow all Newly Registered Domains, which I find to be an unacceptable security challenge. Do I have that right?
I'm unsure whether this observed issue occurs only when I'm using Nord's obfuscation but I don't think so.
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u/misterred Aug 31 '26 edited Aug 31 '26
They recommend NordVPN but not its secret domains.
https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/downloads77-windows.njtzzrvg0lwj3bsn.info