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Topic: Hardware level security (Read 822 times)

legendary
Activity: 1078
Merit: 1003
September 18, 2012, 11:43:37 AM
#4
Sure, use multisig and store the keys on two different types of hardware (e.g. cell phone and computer).


Is multisig now available in the satoshi client?
legendary
Activity: 2142
Merit: 1010
Newbie
September 18, 2012, 08:38:13 AM
#3
Doesn't even need to be an Intel engineer. If a rootkit loads before an OS, then it'll be able to do the same things.
legendary
Activity: 1652
Merit: 2311
Chief Scientist
September 18, 2012, 08:11:35 AM
#2
Sure, use multisig and store the keys on two different types of hardware (e.g. cell phone and computer).
legendary
Activity: 3598
Merit: 2386
Viva Ut Vivas
September 18, 2012, 07:51:55 AM
#1
We can all get very paranoid and do everything we can at the software level to secure our wallets and everything else related to security.

But if someone manipulates your hardware, you would likely never know.

Are there any ways to counter something like this occurring? Someone at Intel could stick a private key reader into the chip and everyone who uses that chip from then on would be screwed.
Or someone could add a chip to the computers as they sit in a huge server room. Or even someone at UPS or FedEx.

I only have indirect knowledge of such attacks but am wondering if others have considered this.
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