Quote from: Guru on June 15, 2012, 06:32 pmQuote from: vlad1m1r on June 15, 2012, 12:19 pmI'm just going to bump this topic for the sake of newer users to say one more thing:If you use a Live OS like TAILS and you generate a key pair, it will disappear after being used for the first time. Similarly if you decide to switch to another system like Liberte your private key will not automatically be copied over.As such do make sure you keep a back up of your public and private key somewhere safe such as on an encrypted USB stick. I don't mean to moan but several times in the past week I've been asked to resend messages to people who've lost their private key - in one case no less than six times to the same person. If anyone needs any help with this, please let me know, I'd be more than happy to show you how to do this.All the best,V.Backing Up Your PGP Keys in Tails===========================Tails is a wonderful Linux distribution aimed at the security-minded. One of its security features is the fact that when Tails is powered-down, all data created during your Tails session is erased. This is fabulous for those who do not wish to leave traces of their activities for others to find. However, that poses a problem for anyone using PGP in Tails, as any keys that are created (or other people's keys that are added to your PGP keyring) during your Tails session are lost when the session ends. Accordingly, it is necessary to backup your PGP keyrings to a USB stick BEFORE shutting-down Tails. Here's how: * Double-click on the folder labeled "Amnesia's home" on the Desktop.  A new window will open up, with two panes: the left-most pane will contain a list of places that are accessible. * Plug-in your USB stick that you wish to backup your PGP keys to.  Within a few seconds, you'll see an new entry in the left-most pane; this will be your USB flashdrive.   Press F3 to open-up an extra pane; key Control + H to make the hidden files visible.   You will now see the contents of the 'amnesia' folder in both panes.  * Click on the entry for your USB stick in the left-most pane.  You will now see the middle pane with the contents of your USB stick.  In the right-most pane, locate the .gnupg folder (Note the dot "." in front of gnupg)Drag-and-drop the .gnupg folder to the middle pane (i.e. to your USB stick). Your PGP keyrings, GPG configuration file, and trust database are now all backed-up to your USB stick. * When you go to use Tails again, repeat this process, only this time, you drag the .gnupg folder from your USB stick to the amnesia folder, thus restoring your PGP keyrings. (In other words, you drag the .gnupg folder from the middle pane (your USB stick) to the right-most pane, the Tails Amnesia folder). GuruThanks Guru as ever you're a lifesaver +1V.