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Use a VirtualBox Windows 10 guest as a jump host to a remote VPN

In some occasions you want to keep your host machine clean from dodgy VPN software. A solution is to use a virtual image as a jump-host (or stepping-stone). In the following steps you will learn how to use VirtualBox and a Windows 10 guest.

Termux on my Android One Nokia 6.2 smartphone running Android 9

Install Termux from the Play Store.

Run apt update && apt upgrade to make sure that certain handy tools are available.

Execute termux-setup-storage to ensure that permission to system storage is granted. Including other convenient stuff like symlinks to different storage folders.

To copy files from the phone to a PC, just use scp. On a Mac, make sure Sharing > Remote Login is enabled:

Then execute scp <source-file> <username>@<ip-address-target-pc>:<full-path-target-folder>

References:

• Termux wiki: https://wiki.termux.com/wiki/Main_Page
• Tips: https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/use-linux-command-line-android-termux/