Topic: How would you secure a Text file with your private keys on it? - page 2. (Read 1435 times)
I usually take the text file with all the keys and print it out then cut out the public keys and the parts I don't need and only keep my private keys. It's handy to have all of the QR codes of the private keys on the paper in case you need to transfer the funds to a new wallet in an emergency. Then if you want to feel more secure you could copy this 2 or 3 times over and put the papers in some secure locations like a home safe or a bank deposit box or in your back yard.
TrueCrypt is a good way to encrypt, double encrypt, and hide anything you want and it is also free to use. You could encrypt your entire computer if you wanted to or just a single partition.
It has also been tried and tested, and passed.
TrueCrypt is no longer developed and its developers have apparently taken down nearly everything related to TrueCrypt. luckily it is open source so there are forks of it. I recommend using VeraCrypt which is forked off of TrueCrypt. I think a good thing to do would be to GPG encrypt the text and then encrypt it with VeraCrypt for extra security.It has also been tried and tested, and passed.
I read about the two forks but I don't know enough about them to make a suggestion on using them.
TrueCrypt is a good way to encrypt, double encrypt, and hide anything you want and it is also free to use. You could encrypt your entire computer if you wanted to or just a single partition.
It has also been tried and tested, and passed.
TrueCrypt is no longer developed and its developers have apparently taken down nearly everything related to TrueCrypt. luckily it is open source so there are forks of it. I recommend using VeraCrypt which is forked off of TrueCrypt. I think a good thing to do would be to GPG encrypt the text and then encrypt it with VeraCrypt for extra security. It has also been tried and tested, and passed.
How would you secure a Text file with your private keys on it? what encryption do you recommend?
Burn it to CD and put it in a good safe. They have to break into your house and the safe to get it.
TrueCrypt is a good way to encrypt, double encrypt, and hide anything you want and it is also free to use. You could encrypt your entire computer if you wanted to or just a single partition.
It has also been tried and tested, and passed.
It has also been tried and tested, and passed.
Use the password as the name of the file and fill it with random symbols.
you can make a folder of your private keys on your computer (offline), then click right button, choose "add to archive" > "advanced" > "set password" > "OK".
voila! your keys is safe now.
voila! your keys is safe now.
Handwritten on a nice piece of paper. Screw attempting to secure a file. Even if it takes forever to type out it's worth it.
I'd simply create the keys on an offline computer, dump them there are store them in the same place. As for encryption, PGP is an option as said, but I think I'd probably just encrypt the drive holding the keys.
How would you secure a Text file with your private keys on it? what encryption do you recommend?
You can paste in the text file the PGP encrypted message, so only you can decrypt it, for example though keybase PGP key. An alternative way is also through Folder lock but it's not free.
How would you secure a Text file with your private keys on it? what encryption do you recommend?
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