How Strong Is Your Wallet Password? Wallet Backup + How to Avoid Keyloggers!

[dserrano5]

Running a linux client in a VM (eg openbox) should be pretty much immune to the copy-paste framegrabbers (provided you turn off the guest-host integration), though not the keyloggers. An on-screen keyboard within the VM should take care of this.

So I must be the only one in the world who switches to the linux tty (you know, that Ctrl-Alt-F1 "trick") to enter the bitcoind password, so only a kernel-level logger can break it, right?  Never seen anyone even mention that

[Valle]

The only way to protect from keyloggers and other spyware is to use offline clients. Passwords only helps when your laptop is stolen.

[justusranvier]

If you have more than a few BTC, anything less than "Best" is unacceptable - that should be your starting point.

If you have more than a few BTC anything less than offline storage is unacceptable. Passphrases are useless when it comes to protecting against malware.