p>Hi vmJasonA
Welcome to the communities.
P{lease find answers to your question .
yes you should I disable drag and drop / copy and paste between host and guest.
if I run a vpn service within the guest, is the host protected from malicious traffic-No 100%.
what is the best network config for the guests (bridged, host-only, NAT)?--NAT
I do need net access from within the guests, and possibly access from guest to guest.--yes you need internet connection else how wil test from outsite .
I've encrypted the vm guests--is there anything else I should do in terms of setting up the disks, procs or memory?--I dont think so.