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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: AnonymousAddict on January 07, 2013, 07:38 am

Title: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: AnonymousAddict on January 07, 2013, 07:38 am
Ok im trying to Encrypt my USB.. I thought Tails sounded good.. IM on the site and im not fully understanding it.. Is there a program i downloaoot d for tails or what>? All iv garherd so far is u can boot from a CD OR USB.. It says turn off ur comp plug in USB and then set the bio settings.. So there is nothing to download?

Any help would be thankfull.. Im working on trucrypt, just dont have a CD to to the hiddin os and outter os. thing.. Iv got my USB mounted on true crypt and now im sure thats been done correct.. Im going to re read again though to make sure... Is there anyway to to the outer inner without a CD?

ASTOR,NIGHT CRAWLER, SS YOU THE GUYS I NEED..
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: tor12345 on January 07, 2013, 08:03 am
To install Tails on a USB stick you need to go buy a blank DVD. Go to the Tials website and download the iso file. Burn the iso file onto the DVD. Install Tails onto the USB stick from the DVD.

The actual steps for this are on the Tails website. It really is super easy but unfortunately you do need a blank DVD. I have not gone through an update yet but it may be that you also need a new DVD for each new version. It would be nice if someone could comment on how upgrades are done.
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: Errl_Kushman on January 07, 2013, 11:26 am
To install Tails on a USB stick you need to go buy a blank DVD. Go to the Tials website and download the iso file. Burn the iso file onto the DVD. Install Tails onto the USB stick from the DVD.

The actual steps for this are on the Tails website. It really is super easy but unfortunately you do need a blank DVD. I have not gone through an update yet but it may be that you also need a new DVD for each new version. It would be nice if someone could comment on how upgrades are done.

Correct. The easiest way is to first burn to DVD, then once u start TAIL, Application > Tails > Tails USB Installer. This will create the USB boot for you. From that point on, you can destroy and discard the DVD and boot from USB.

For upgrades, you have a few options. The easiest is having a spare flash drive to download the new TAILs on. Using the same "Tails USB Installer' as mentioned up, you can Clone & Install, Clone & Upgrade or Upgrade from file.

USB isn't as safe as just a DVD. USB drive can be write to where DVD can not. The USB seem much fast than CD. Tradeoff.
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: signal16 on January 07, 2013, 10:39 pm
u only need to install from dvd or another tails usb if you want persistence, which i probably dont recommend for this guy since hes just learning, better he cant save or change anything :)
there is an iso image that you need to download first.
http://dl.amnesia.boum.org/tails/stable/tails-i386-0.15/tails-i386-0.15.iso   (clearnet)
also avail via .torrent
https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-i386-0.15.torrent
download that plug in your usb, im going to assume your using windows, and instructions, step by step are on the site.
https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/manual_usb_installation/windows/index.en.html

its a little easier in linux just a few terminal commands

isohybrid path/to/tails.iso --entry 4 --type 0x1c
cat path/to/tails.iso > /dev/sdX && sync                replace sdX with YOUR path to usb sd. (probably /dev/sdb )

Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: astor on January 07, 2013, 11:12 pm
RTFM, bra

https://tails.boum.org/doc/index.en.html

Installing Tails on a USB stick
https://tails.boum.org/doc/first_steps/usb_installation/index.en.html


Install Tails onto the USB stick per the instructions above. Reboot your computer and hit whatever button gets you to the boot menu, select the USB stick and boot into Tails. When you get to that point, create an encrypted volume (file) on the same USB stick to store stuff like your PGP directory.

https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/encrypted_volumes/index.en.html

https://tails.boum.org/doc/encryption_and_privacy/truecrypt/index.en.html
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: Aurelius Venport on January 08, 2013, 03:15 am
astor is a fkin boss
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: tor12345 on January 08, 2013, 03:21 am
astor is a fkin boss

indeed.
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: gingerballs on January 22, 2013, 06:00 am
so how do you guys save the SR address with tails? especially if it's on a CD? do you use a trustable site that lists it, then go to that site each time you boot tails?
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: Nightcrawler on January 22, 2013, 11:08 am
so how do you guys save the SR address with tails? especially if it's on a CD? 

Save it to a text file, PGP encrypt it, if you like, then save that file to a USB stick or microSD card.


do you use a trustable site that lists it, then go to that site each time you boot tails?

Hell,no!  That's the surest way to get phished.

Nightcrawler <Nightcrawler@SR>
PGP-Key: 4096R/BBF7433B 2012-09-22
Key fingerprint = D870 C6AC CC6E 46B0 E0C7 3955 B8F1 D88E BBF7 433B
PGP Key: http://dkn255hz262ypmii.onion/index.php?topic=174.msg633090#msg633090
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: stemcell on January 27, 2013, 02:55 am
I hope this isint tooo stupid of a question. Can you just buy an encrypted flashdrive rather than going through all these steps? or is that not safe and we must do the above listed?
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: raynardine on January 27, 2013, 04:17 am
To install Tails on a USB stick you need to go buy a blank DVD.

Actually, not correct.

You can use UNetBootin to easily install any of hundreds of forms of Linux to a USB thumbdrive. This does not require a CD or DVD burning step, since the UNetBootin software downloads the ISO, and directly extracts it to the USB drive with few modifications.

http://unetbootin.net/more-infos-and-get-it/

UNetBootin is the easiest way, and it is available on Linux and Windows, and probably MacOSX as well.
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: 420SLINGER on January 27, 2013, 06:53 pm
how do u get Tor Chat to work in tor tails??????????????????????
Title: Re: Questions about Tails..New to it..need little advice..
Post by: scout on January 27, 2013, 09:17 pm
I'm kind of in the same boat ... I cannot for the life of me get Tails running via USB on my Macbook Air.  I've read all the documentation and the clearnet threads - seems it's a common problem that some people are able to get around, but others aren't.  Booting from a CD/DVD works just fine, and I'm able to create the USB (it even shows up in the reFIT/reFIND menu at startup) but when I boot it, it gives me an error.

This is so frustrating.