Tails OS won't download from their website
I'm using Debian Jessie and wanted to install Tails OS onto a usb stick.
The tails website showed me how to download 'tails-installer' on debian which needs to be run to install the Tails OS. However, when I try to download the tails .iso from their site, the download keeps failing. The name of the .iso is: Code:
tails-i386-2.11.iso My problem is I have an amd64 bit processor. So does this mean Tails only works for people who have Intel processors? Also, why is the .iso verified by downloading a firefox add-on or downloading OpenPGP? It would be easier for linux users to do a simple checksum operation using the terminal. Why is it necessary to download a third-party app? |
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I can only answer this part of your post as I do not run Debian but Slint. |
AMD64 and x86-64 are used interchangeably for the 64 bit PC architecture and it does not matter which actual CPU is installed in your computer. The 64 bit version of tails is scheduled to be released June 2017 so the 32 bit version is all there is at the moment. And as you have discovered 32 bit versions will run on a 64 bit processor.
I can only guess that in the eyes of the authors the two download techniques provide suitable security measures to automatically download the ISO file. How does the download fail? Have you tried the download using the other distribution method versus using the firefox plugin. |
you can use bittorrent.
https://tails.boum.org/torrents/file...6-2.11.torrent is the link to use, once you installed transmission or some other torrent client. advantages: torrents are checksum-checked automatically. and since they have only one version to download, it will most likely be suitable for your machine. please be aware that tails is not meant to be installed, but always run from the live usb. |
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What about a sha256sum? I use that to verify the download of a Debian OS. Is a sha256sum also vulnerable? |
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For instance see this blog post. |
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It would be nice if Tails mentioned this simple but important point on their webpage. Apart from this minor oversight, I'm sure we can all trust Tails OS. Quote:
We are told Tails OS offers anonymity - but first we need to download a 3rd party app. You do the math. |
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Also, I read somewhere that torrents are spyware. Bingo. Quote:
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Tails OS is based on debian. Quote:
I think we all know the 3rd party apps to authenticate the Tails OS is the Govt. |
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but torrents aren't any ware, they're just files being shared. torrent software CAN be spyware, just like every other piece of software. thankfully we use open source software where a thing like that wouldn't go unnoticed. in other words: i know of NO linux torrent program that would be spyware. |
With all due respect, trumpforprez, I would suggest that you educate yourself a little more as it would help you in the long run:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amd64 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittorrent A quick google, duckduckgo, or look at Wikipedia would tell you what things like AMD64, i386 and the like mean and, also, tell you that torrents do not just contain malware -- that's usually people trying to download the latest blockbuster on Windows and finding they have a .exe file they are supposed to run in order to get it. Even if you're using Windows and download the worst malware out there fro ma torrent you still have to run it in order for it to cause you any issues. The above said, I do think it odd that Tails isn't available for 64 bit architecture yet as it's not exactly a new thing. |
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since tails is supposed to be always run from a usb stick, that way one doesn't have to worry about whether the host computer is 32 or 64bit. |
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