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    • A Former User
      A Former User last edited by

      Opera's VPN tries to send NetBIOS traffic on UDP port 137 by relaying it through the "System" application.

      ( C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntoskrnl.exe )

      On some Windows platforms this triggers constant firewall alerts because NetBIOS traffic outside the LAN is not allowed by default. I have two questions for the developers:

      1. Is it really necessary for the Opera VPN to send NetBIOS traffic?

      2. Is it really necessary for Opera to use the OS kernel as proxy (which makes application control more difficult)

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      • radomuser
        radomuser last edited by

        Just found same thing, and I didn't allowed opera or it's garbage vpn to collect any data.

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