in order to do the tasks. 2. Connection interruption: While you are working remotely, you might face some connection interruptions during your session, and restarting the remote access will be a challenge because in most of the cases you will need someone at the other end to authorize you to tunnel into the machine. 3. Physical limitations: You are still physically far from the machine, which means you cannot connect a USB drive to boot from it or do any other tasks that require you to be near the device. 4. Installing Kali Linux might be hard: It might be hard for a non-technical person to prepare a Kali Linux machine Pros: 1. Usability: TeamViewer is easy to install and use. Anyone with basic knowledge on how to install software can assist you with preparing the auditing machine. 2. Network speed: Technically, your auditing machine is the machine you are connected to, which is physically located in the targeted office and connected to the LAN network. This means that you will have full speed running your audit tasks. Note: Some remote assistant software provides VPN solutions that turn Machine A into a VPN Server and allow Machine B to VPN into it. Tunneling into that VPN server will allow you to connect to the local LAN network, which will allow you to use Machine B to run the audit. Using an in-the-middle trusted VPN server Legend: A : Auditee's local machine; a clean machine, connected to the Internet through the auditee's LAN network B: Auditor's machine C: OpenVPN Server Auditee's Network --------- (A) ---------- C ---------- (B) ---------- Auditor's Network The auditor will put efforts preparing an OpenVPN server (C) and create 2 profiles (Keys and configurations) to allow machines A and B to connect to C. Get a VPS from your favorite and trusted VPS provider and keep in mind the physical location of the server, then install OpenVPN Server by following the instructions contained in this guide on Ubuntu Server. Page 66 of 240