VM software on Parrot OS

If you want to run a VM in Parrot as a live, encrypted-persistent installation (from USB drives) (virt-manager is the only VM that Tails recommends for an encrypted-persistence installation), download virt-manager through the Synaptic Package Manager. Just type “virt-manager” in Synaptic’s search dialogue, and viola! See my post even if you run an OS in your VM other than Tails: -->> Running Tails in a VM inside Parrot 3.11

See also:

    • Starting Tails from a USB stick.
    • Creating a virtual USB storage volume saved as a single file on the host operating system.

I’m reluctant to run any 3rd-party, standalone VMs in Parrot (e.g., Whonix) because I don’t know how they will affect Parrot’s security.

Before you go online with whatever you run in your VM, be sure to run the tor daemon (sudo service tor start ^enter> sudo service tor reload ^enter>) in order to anonymize TCP. This will not route your traffic through Tor, but it MAY preclude your OS running in VM from leaking your MAC address (I haven’t gotten a definitive answer on this yet -->> Anonymous Mode Will Not Restart).

To hide your true IP address, either run a VPN, or skip the Tor daemon startup, and simply use “Anonsurf start” (select “No” for cache clearing, etc.). However, I typically avoid using Anonsurf until I’ve updated Parrot and downloaded any additional packages, because a slow Tor connection can mess that up.

Also, if you use Tor in your VM along with having Anonsurf running in your host OS (Parrot), you’re doubling-down on Tor’s latency. Regardless, I have run Tor-to-Tor this way, which offers some protection against hostile Tor nodes (assuming a hostile Tor node operator on your VM’s exit-node end can’t trace back through your host’s Tor circuit).

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