Topic: HOWTO: create a 100% secure wallet - page 101. (Read 276221 times)
great educational post! I love it. ~fab.
thanks man
well there's 2 things you need to think about, do you want to secure your wallet or your whole pc/mac/linux system?
securing your wallet, use the password lock at least (doh), better still stick your wallet on a usb drive (even one of those password protected devices) so there's no wallet on your machine at all until you mount the usb drive. keep backups on a 2nd usb drive as well.
i would never use cloud backups but if you think it's ok, encrypt the wallet, stuff it in an encrypted rar file as well (paranoid? put #1 encrypted rar inside a 2nd rar). and then use more than 1 cloud.
securing your system - truecrypt whole system encryption (windoze only) is the best way to go.
or there's a way of doing it for freebsd systems as well (via geli, google it).
linux i dunno, i only used *bsd.
if you're in the paranoid security department, put your whole encrypted OS on a usb drive so there's no bitcoin software on your main machine. keep a backup of course in case the usb flash runs out of write cycles.
all imho of course
securing your wallet, use the password lock at least (doh), better still stick your wallet on a usb drive (even one of those password protected devices) so there's no wallet on your machine at all until you mount the usb drive. keep backups on a 2nd usb drive as well.
i would never use cloud backups but if you think it's ok, encrypt the wallet, stuff it in an encrypted rar file as well (paranoid? put #1 encrypted rar inside a 2nd rar). and then use more than 1 cloud.
securing your system - truecrypt whole system encryption (windoze only) is the best way to go.
or there's a way of doing it for freebsd systems as well (via geli, google it).
linux i dunno, i only used *bsd.
if you're in the paranoid security department, put your whole encrypted OS on a usb drive so there's no bitcoin software on your main machine. keep a backup of course in case the usb flash runs out of write cycles.
all imho of course
Thanx for the reading.. gonna follow it.
If I understand correctly. Since version 0.4, my wallet is encrypted. If I used a strong password and I'm pretty sure no key logger is installed on my computer I can simply copy this wallet to a USB key and store it in a remote location to protect myself from losing my wallet in a fire or theft.
Is it all I have to do ? I'm too lazy to go through 534 messages.
Is it all I have to do ? I'm too lazy to go through 534 messages.
thanks for this, will be sure to create my wallet on a key. Can you simply make backups?
LVM split across 2 disks with one big ecryptfs ext4 fs. Within that runs a kvm which runs another ecryptfs ext4fs, which holds a truecrypt disk that needs to be mounted, once mounted, my wallet. Packets are monitored at each level. What do you guys think?
Its note bruteforce proof (like brute force with baseball bat
) LVM split across 2 disks with one big ecryptfs ext4 fs. Within that runs a kvm which runs another ecryptfs ext4fs, which holds a truecrypt disk that needs to be mounted, once mounted, my wallet. Packets are monitored at each level. What do you guys think?
Overkill? Then again, I don't know your wallet balance
Don't want your appz/warez collection being found either
LVM split across 2 disks with one big ecryptfs ext4 fs. Within that runs a kvm which runs another ecryptfs ext4fs, which holds a truecrypt disk that needs to be mounted, once mounted, my wallet. Packets are monitored at each level. What do you guys think?
Overkill? Then again, I don't know your wallet balance
LVM split across 2 disks with one big ecryptfs ext4 fs. Within that runs a kvm which runs another ecryptfs ext4fs, which holds a truecrypt disk that needs to be mounted, once mounted, my wallet. Packets are monitored at each level. What do you guys think?
I still cannot find my wallet even after doing a search in windows, can anyone help?
Thanks so much. Following this step by step.
Thank for your help.
Nice post man, simple yet helpful.
Thanks. Finally have something to put in my fireproof safe.
0) Damn Small Linux is 50MB in size, install it somewhere and install bitcoin on it.
1) Encrypt the disk/file.
2) Use a Cloud-based service like JungleDisk.com to backup your wallet/distro. It costs $5/month & the first 5GB is free.
1) Encrypt the disk/file.
2) Use a Cloud-based service like JungleDisk.com to backup your wallet/distro. It costs $5/month & the first 5GB is free.
Good idea, although DSLinux can be tedious for beginners. But I like the elegance of your solution.
One potential problem: If we think long-term, DSLinux-version.today might not necessarily be able to boot on modern hardware in a few years.
Don't forget Puppylinux...
It also boot in Gui, sadly it only have restricted locale, but it's very nice, atleast those times I've tested it.
Post #5... Yay... Only Wait remains...
Great tips... Thanks for a useful post.
I won't be having my grandma read it, though
Why not? Mine did and liked it.
I like it! Educational and offensive.I won't be having my grandma read it, though
So when I created my super secure wallet and put all my BTC savings in there, how much should I keep in my every day wallet, because its quite some trouble to get to my bitcoins in my super secure wallet?
It's not difficult to transfer between wallets, even via command line.
I've decided to leave my dedicated bitcoin (mini) PC on, and connected to the network at all times. This way I can use putty/ssh from work and transfer at any time.
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