Bitcoin Forum
March 29, 2024, 05:55:17 AM *
News: Latest Bitcoin Core release: 26.0 [Torrent]
 
   Home   Help Search Login Register More  
Pages: « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 [41] 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 ... 127 »
  Print  
Author Topic: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet  (Read 276125 times)
muqali
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Activity: 182
Merit: 100


View Profile
June 27, 2012, 07:30:49 AM
 #801

i didn't bother to read EVERY thread on here, but a thing to beware of with linux USB / live CDs: if your encryption requires high-quality random numbers, you might not want to generate random keys after booting from a USB boot / live CD; apparently that's not a good choice because the environment is more predictable. Anyone out there ever even take advantage of this flaw? I sure haven't; I've only had wikipedia entertain me with these thoughts Smiley

Honestly, it surely doesn't matter, but for those that love being paranoid: beware of generating keys after freshly booting from a live CD / USB.

As for creating a "100% secure wallet", I don't think it's possible to quantify or measure the % of security that a wallet is under. Keep in mind that your wallet isn't exactly secure if even YOU lose access to it! (It's no longer secure--it is useless!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RdRand

it's in my new cpu on the laptop but I don't know if it needs a kernel driver or not. Maybe anything using aes-ni can use it as an entropy source no kernel support needed.

donations BTC: 1CaCwo4xneTqTLEdomW76Cg5NteZyvXi1c
donations LTC: LTcasvjtLuN92ks1Pc1qtkvE9PswsXEbev
"The nature of Bitcoin is such that once version 0.1 was released, the core design was set in stone for the rest of its lifetime." -- Satoshi
Advertised sites are not endorsed by the Bitcoin Forum. They may be unsafe, untrustworthy, or illegal in your jurisdiction.
1711691717
Hero Member
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1711691717

View Profile Personal Message (Offline)

Ignore
1711691717
Reply with quote  #2

1711691717
Report to moderator
silentseawolf
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 29
Merit: 0


View Profile
June 27, 2012, 04:13:16 PM
 #802

good how-to and discussion, thanks.
bighecks
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 23
Merit: 0


View Profile
June 27, 2012, 10:54:12 PM
 #803

Thanks for this im try this later on.
ketamic
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 7
Merit: 0



View Profile
June 29, 2012, 01:35:13 AM
 #804

Very well written. And made me seriously think about security... (And changing to Linux)
Randy
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 14
Merit: 0


View Profile
June 29, 2012, 05:27:01 PM
 #805

What would be the best way for a 'physical' storage? An USB is an obvious solution, but I've also heard of people just writing down some things on paper?
Oxin
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 25
Merit: 0


View Profile
June 29, 2012, 06:14:27 PM
 #806

Yes, it's really hard. And it is very necessary to know.
Randy
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 14
Merit: 0


View Profile
June 29, 2012, 07:05:02 PM
 #807

Yes, it's really hard. And it is very necessary to know.

Then, could you explain it please..? (:
seanschneider
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 2
Merit: 0


View Profile
June 30, 2012, 02:45:51 PM
 #808

Thanks man, your awesome!
bulanula
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 518
Merit: 500



View Profile
June 30, 2012, 02:53:19 PM
 #809

Nothing is 100% secure.

You fail at security if you really believe 100% secure exists Roll Eyes
zero3112
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 588
Merit: 500



View Profile
June 30, 2012, 07:53:28 PM
 #810

Encryption is good but a offline wallet would be even better.

btcwalker
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 24
Merit: 0


View Profile
July 02, 2012, 07:31:40 AM
 #811

The more you secured, the more you know you don't secured Smiley
bitcrowd
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 7
Merit: 0


View Profile
July 03, 2012, 01:08:59 AM
 #812

thanks for this
my wallet thanks you
maudi
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 3
Merit: 0


View Profile
July 03, 2012, 03:27:18 PM
 #813

thanks for the explanation, it is very useful!!
balalazz
Newbie
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 5
Merit: 0


View Profile
July 04, 2012, 06:15:43 AM
 #814

Is this safer than using the web based "wallets"?
malaimult
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 658
Merit: 500



View Profile
July 04, 2012, 12:26:01 PM
 #815

Is this safer than using the web based "wallets"?


try to avoid web based wallets

Bitcoin Oz
Hero Member
*****
Offline Offline

Activity: 686
Merit: 500


Wat


View Profile WWW
July 04, 2012, 01:11:25 PM
 #816

Could you get a brand new netbook and just stick that in a bank vault with bitcoin wallet on it ?

Kazimir
Legendary
*
Offline Offline

Activity: 1176
Merit: 1001



View Profile
July 05, 2012, 01:03:12 PM
 #817

Could you get a brand new netbook and just stick that in a bank vault with bitcoin wallet on it ?
No need for the bank vault. If you have a brand new netbook, not connected to the internet, and you have a wallet on there with new addresses that you send your money to, you can simply encrypt the wallet (put it on a small TrueCrypt container if you want), copy it using a USB stick, and store it anywhere online. Much easier and safer than a bank vault.

In theory, there's no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is.
Insert coin(s): 1KazimirL9MNcnFnoosGrEkmMsbYLxPPob
Pinwheel
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 378
Merit: 250


View Profile
July 05, 2012, 03:59:25 PM
 #818

there is few linux distros, where Bitcoin wallet working OK, I tried Backtrack 5 ubuntu based, and it was working Ok for sometimes, but then suddenly I got error message related to memorry alocation mistake and as result I was unable to receive any incoming messages from bitcoins network and as result was not able to receive incoming transactions. I  tested few other Linuxes and only Pirate Linux also ubuntu based was working good with wallet.

my final conclusion is that unfortunately better stay with windows, but you can run windows on linux virtual machine with only purpose to run wallet on it.

interesting to note that wallet.dat file can be transfered from linux OS to Windows and windows wallet will work with it just fine.

Tom Waits: We should just start as soon as possible cause we might catch a rabbit before we have our pants on. (Juxtapoz)
lucif
Sr. Member
****
Offline Offline

Activity: 462
Merit: 250


Clown prophet


View Profile
July 06, 2012, 10:27:57 AM
 #819

Fresh linux desktop install under vmware VM. Keep bitcoin client there and nothing else.
Fray
Full Member
***
Offline Offline

Activity: 209
Merit: 100


View Profile
July 07, 2012, 03:56:19 AM
Last edit: July 07, 2012, 04:16:31 AM by Fray
 #820

This thread is very helpful.  Also I am willing to securely store peoples bitcoins for a small fee so they don't have to worry about wallet security.
Pages: « 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 [41] 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 ... 127 »
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.19 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!