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On Mac OS X, we have few choice of virtual machine to choose from. For free version, we have VirtualBox and Parallel desktop Lite. For paid version, we have WMWare Player and Parallel Desktop.  For free version of VirtualBox and Parallel Desktop Lite, the features are quite similar although there are some differences. Almost all Linux distribution can be run on VirtualBox whereas only some version of Linux Distribution can be run on Parallel Desktop Lite.  One of the disadvantage of Parallel Desktop Lite is that the guest OS could not tunnel into host VPN connection. However, Parallel Desktop (paid version) got no problem connecting with host VPN connection. VirtualBox also does not have a problem using host VPN connection.  Both VirtualBox and Parallel Desktop Lite handles network differently. On Parallel Desktop Lite, the default network setup is shared network.  Host can ping to the guest OS and vice versa. This make ssh connection must easier between...

This is a supplement post on setting and configuring OpenVPN. However, we are going to configure OpenVPN on a Raspberry Pi. Download and Install Raspbian OS Download the latest Raspbian OS and burn the image to a SD card using the software Etcher. Once we booted up the Raspberry Pi, we can follow the wizard to set password, enable wifi and update the software. We can also choose to enable ssh and vnc using Raspberry Pi Configuration software. We can also run the configuration software from command line using raspi-config. Install OpenVPN and Easy-Rsa Once the system is updated, we can proceed to install OpenVPN using the command: sudo apt-get install -y openvpn The repository for Raspberry Pi do not have version 3 of easy-rsa. Version 3 of easy-rsa is more easier to use without the need to perform many configuration. To use Easy-RSA version 3, we can download the package from github at the location  https://github.com/OpenVPN/easy-rsa . Once we downloaded and u...