Acquiring stage 2 samples from a home lab without exposing private IP

Hey all,

I am am wondering what methodologies you guys may use to grab stage 2 files from real-world malware samples in your home lab, as well as keeping a connection alive to monitor traffic and behavior. I am unsure if a commercial VPN would be of value, but I don't see why not if the malware does not specifically check for nodes for the specific VPN service.

Thanks to any input.

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