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Title: ELECTRUM URANDOM VULNERABLE ON TAILS Post by: Book672 on December 30, 2015, 12:21:52 PM Hi guys, i store a big stash of bitcoins that i earned from altcoin trading, on Tails.
I noticed that Electrum uses urandom function of the linux package. But TAILS is having a problem with that: https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7642 https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6116 Is it safe to use ELECTRUM in TAILS? Title: Re: ELECTRUM URANDOM VULNERABLE ON TAILS Post by: torusJKL on December 30, 2015, 02:44:31 PM From what I can read in this github comment (https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/507#issuecomment-105292827) Tails fixes the entropy problem by using haveged (http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/)
So you should be ok. Title: Re: ELECTRUM URANDOM VULNERABLE ON TAILS Post by: Seller888 on January 15, 2016, 03:27:38 AM From what I can read in this github comment (https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/507#issuecomment-105292827) Tails fixes the entropy problem by using haveged (http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/) So you should be ok. No its, not because it uses the same seed every time. I`m also concerned about this ,especially in weakened hardware processors. Title: Re: ELECTRUM URANDOM VULNERABLE ON TAILS Post by: BitcoinNewsMagazine on January 15, 2016, 03:55:57 AM Hi guys, i store a big stash of bitcoins that i earned from altcoin trading, on Tails. I noticed that Electrum uses urandom function of the linux package. But TAILS is having a problem with that: https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/7642 https://labs.riseup.net/code/issues/6116 Is it safe to use ELECTRUM in TAILS? If you are concerned just move the bitcoin to a good hardware wallet like Trezor. Title: Re: ELECTRUM URANDOM VULNERABLE ON TAILS Post by: shawnhcorey on January 15, 2016, 02:07:02 PM `/dev/random` and `/dev/urandom` are the best sources of entropy on a PC. Any other technique can only match them or do worst.
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