How to Install " Private Internet Access " VPN on Kali Linux

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How to Install " Private Internet Access " VPN on Kali Linux

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This is a tutorial on how to instal the " Private Internet Acess " vpn on your Kali machine, keep in mind they don't fully
support Kali like they do for other versions.

https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/

Getting Necessary Packages

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you need to install openvpn packages if you haven't already, topen the terminal and put in this code:

apt-get install network-manager-openvpn

(you can copy the code, then right click in terminal and paste, Ctrl + v does not work)

after that, hit enter to run the code.

More Commands! Yay!

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now you need to use this code in the terminal:

wget https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/openvpn/openvpn.zip

same way as before, copy or type it then hit enter!

CHANGE PLACES!!! -the Mad Hatter

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move the downloaded zip file to its own directory:

mv openvpn.zip /etc/openvpn

that puts it in its own directory, now you need to go to that directory with:

cd /etc/openvpn

and then run the command:

unzip openvpn.zip

Easy Part, GUI

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ok, if you did all of that right you should have no problems from here on out!

now we need to click the network manager, then VPN connections, configure/add VPN...

click   [ADD +]   click the drop down menu, and set the type as OpenVPN.

click   [Create] 

Make sure you are on "VPN" tab, not "IPv4 settings".

Connection name: (you can put whatever you want here)

For Gateway enter " us-east.privateinternetaccess.com " (no quotes or spaces)

Type: set the type as Password

put in your Private Internet Access username and password.

CA Certificate:  CA.crt is in the folder that you unzipped openvpn.zip in.
click (none) and direct it there, if you're following word for word it will be in /etc/openvpn

click [Advanced] and check the box next to "use LZO data compression"

click [OK] [Save] [Close]

You're good to go!

now click network manager > vpn connections > your connection

it will notify you when you are connected.

(note: there are lots of great things to do after this, some are here: http://www.blackmoreops.com/2014/03/03/20-things-installing-kali-linux/ I have no affiliation with them, but it's a good read.)

if you choose saved for password, you may have to enter your password for keyring.

Good luck out there!
                -Th3_k4l1_k1d