Speaking of encrypting the telepods, we have a rather large choice of methods to use:
aes
blowfish
xtea
rc5
rc6
saferp
twofish
safer_k64
safer_sk64
safer_k128
safer_sk128
rc2
des
des3
cast5
noekeon
skipjack
khazad
anubis
That's 19 possible ways to encrypt and that's only if we use one level of encryption. I dont know the details of all these encryptions to figure out which one is best to use for telepods. If anybody has insight into this, I'd appreciate any feedback
I could allow the exact encryption method and sequence to be encoded in the .conf file, this way it is totally flexible so we can always test it with various .conf files to see which ones have the best results, or maybe they will all be pretty much the same?
Offhand, I think JSON like this:
"ciphers":[{"skipjack":"RMhMMyuJcJFw2kdxuqTyZnkZ8ZYxvKTtAp"},{"aes":"RFN1LKmcmC2kywNK5MHt4eqzg4QEGoapTy"},{"blowfish":"REiBxsAkDJodK4L4NaDfMZQntkC3difwfA"}]
You can add more that three, or just have one. I just picked three telepod addresses I already generated as the second part of each JSON field. Each address -> privatekey and that will be used to seed the cipher. For accounts without a "ciphers" field would just default to one level using the default public address for seed and one of the above 19 I pick at random.
Now, using this method means that in addition to your BTCD wallet password the exact sequence of the ciphers/addresses is REQUIRED to decrypt your telepods.
That means if you ever lose this sequence, the telepods are lost!I cannot stress this enough. Nobody will be able to decrypt the telepods if the cipher sequence is not known. So if you do use this, I highly recommend that you come up with some sort of mneumonic that is easy to remember so you can recreate the cipher sequence and then also label the addresses used in a way that you can recognize the sequence, but somehow other people wont.
I realize, arbitrarily nested encryption sequences might be a bit of overkill, but I am designing Teleport system to keep it safe from attackers and to be generational. If you do put significant wealth into telepods, then I would suggest to:
dumpprivkey <address>
This will spit out a bunch of letters and numbers. This is the privatekey!! Be VERY careful as this like like the key that opens the telepods. So, make a file (do not save it) with the cipher, address and the privkey, one to each line. and then take a picture of it. Make a printout in a secure place, eg. your own printer and store both the removable media the pic was saved and the printout in a safe deposit box or some physical location that you are comfortable having the keys to all those telepods in.
Dont save this file, so it never goes on your HDD. Also make sure you have no key loggers or spyware, etc. Maybe doing this on some old laptop you buy just for doing this. reformat HDD, install fresh OS and get a copy of the BTCD wallet.dat. Dont ever need to go online with this offline laptop. Better to use some sort of Ubuntu desktop instead of Windows, but with care, even Windows should be OK if you are installing a trusted copy and never go online.
James
P.S. I am writing in such detail so that someone can go through these posts to make user manual
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