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Connecting to the TryHackMe VPN is necessary because it creates a secure, encrypted tunnel between your local machine and TryHackMe’s private internal network. This gives your computer a safe route to reach and interact with the target lab machine’s private IP address without exposing vulnerable systems to the public internet.

sudo openvpn ~/Downloads/ap-south-1-lincolnleonard198- regular.ovpn

Chapter 2. Deploying and starting the target lab machine.