Project Summary

Virtual Private Networks are considered a critical component of security; thus, the purpose of this project is to gain a deeper understanding of the technology. This was a fairly simple project but also very instructive. I learned a lot more about VPN technology and how it works at a fundamental level. I also learned more about networking concepts in the process. To summarize, in this project I:

• Selected a Virtual Private Server (VPS) provider.

• Configured a VPS

• Updated and patched the server.

• Configured and hardened SSH.

• Installed and configured OpenVPN.

• Transferred the configured VPN profile to the local machine.

• Ran and tested the VPN connection.