[POLL] Do you need an easy security HOWTO (+ operating system)? - page 3.

aiwk171

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Quote from: cothoms on June 22, 2011, 03:20:42 PM

You should actually do this and sell it as a product. No doubt several people would be willing to pay for this, and it would help the community a great deal.

I had this idea as well. We'll see, I'd prefer to release everything for free though. Maybe I'll sell preconfigured USBsticks.

cothoms

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You should actually do this and sell it as a product. No doubt several people would be willing to pay for this, and it would help the community a great deal.

BitcoinPorn

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Sir, you should start a little Youtipit page for this project. That way you have a little landing page without having to create a full site just yet, and something to put in your sig that would have a little graphic or something. I did one for my site ( http://www.youtipit.org/t/J3470 ), but here is an example of one that might be more toward what you are going for ( http://www.youtipit.org/t/J2960 )

Your project actually fits the whole site/theme/usage of Youtipit and Bitcoin that I think could benefit yourself and the program.

Glad to see this progress in a positive way, I never get any donations because I love boobs lol

aiwk171

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Quote from: qualia8 on June 22, 2011, 01:12:48 AM

Donation sent. This would do a world of good, spreading BTC. Security worries are the #1 concern and most everyday currency users -- think about it, that is the target demographic! -- are not comfortable with current procedures.

Received, thanks a lot for the big sum! I'm happy to see this gaining a little momentum

Quote from: SlipperySlope on June 22, 2011, 12:55:33 AM

I would like computers and mobile devices hosting bitcoin clients to be compliant with Trusted Computing so that I do not have to worry about malware and keyloggers.

So would I, but that's fairyland at the moment. Well, OSX and Linux are trustworthy enough if you take a little care.

qualia8

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Donation sent. This would do a world of good, spreading BTC. Security worries are the #1 concern and most everyday currency users -- think about it, that is the target demographic! -- are not comfortable with current procedures.

SlipperySlope

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Stephen Reed

I would like the reference bitcoin client to strongly encrypt its wallet.dat file and make me enter a password to use the client application. I would like computers and mobile devices hosting bitcoin clients to be compliant with Trusted Computing so that I do not have to worry about malware and keyloggers.

aiwk171

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Quote from: Trader Steve on June 21, 2011, 07:28:18 PM

Count me in. I'm sending over a donation now. For what it's worth I'm using a Macbook Air with no CD drive so I'm not sure if this can help me. The more "dummy proof" we can make it the more people will adopt bitcoin and help us build a stronger market. Thanks!

Wow, got your donation, didn't expect as much. Thanks!

It will be bootable from a USB-stick, in the meantime just make sure you don't install anything you don't trust. And you might want to use flashblock in your browser if you don't already.

Trader Steve

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"How do you eat an elephant? One bit at a time..."

Count me in. I'm sending over a donation now. For what it's worth I'm using a Macbook Air with no CD drive so I'm not sure if this can help me. The more "dummy proof" we can make it the more people will adopt bitcoin and help us build a stronger market. Thanks!

b1tc01n_wh0r3

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Quote from: aiwk171 on June 21, 2011, 05:37:14 PM

Sigh, so I'll repeat myself: encryption won't do shit, since the file has to be stored decrypted in RAM in order to be actively used. So only a sterile system will guarantee safe interactions with your client.

+1

After my righ pays off, buying a small crappy netbook just for the client, plus wallet stored on other locations too.

aiwk171

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Sigh, so I'll repeat myself: encryption won't do shit, since the file has to be stored decrypted in RAM in order to be actively used. So only a sterile system will guarantee safe interactions with your client.

b1tc01n_wh0r3

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Quote from: EmilyClark on June 21, 2011, 04:16:40 PM

Not sure what the need for a livecd is.. can't the client just encrypt your wallet?

Don't think client encryption would be enough though - there will always be a hole in the encryption somewhere.

EmilyClark

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Not sure what the need for a livecd is.. can't the client just encrypt your wallet?

bitdriller

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They should really build some security features directly into the BitCoin client.
I know that one of the creators was talking about adding encrypted wallets directly into the client on onlyonetv.com

aiwk171

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Well, BackTrack it (probably) is then, since my first choice was Ubuntu anyway. This is nice, since it might save some hassle with the encryption tools.

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Quote from: aiwk171 on June 19, 2011, 03:15:47 PM

Don't apologize, you have my thanks. And as they say, if 50 people contribute just a little, you still get a lot of stuff done by the end of the day.

I have to check how well BackTrack does hardware detection, since usability is more important than penetration resistance. It won't be meant as a day-to-day OS. I'll clarify when I have the time. Thanks to everybody so far.

Well, that's the best part. The latest version of BackTrack, BT5, is based on Ubuntu 10.04, and so hardware detection and usability shouldn't be a problem.

aiwk171

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Quote from: devrandom on June 19, 2011, 12:54:49 PM

Would you be open to using the Gitian (https://gitian.org/) build method for the live CD? It would allow users to validate the distribution by having it built and signed by multiple developers. I can help with this.

Yes, I would be open to it. I didn't know about gitian, but I'm looking into it as we speak. If you want to help, my email is [email protected], though I'm busy until Tuesday, so my apologies if my replies won't be as swift as they should be.

Quote from: BouerBouer on June 19, 2011, 02:10:30 PM

The donation I'll be sending is pretty pathetic, but it's all I've got right now or I'd send more, sorry. Sad

Anyway yeah, please do, it'd be really appreciated. If you were to choose a Linux Distro I'd recommend BackTrack, as it's a distro designed spesifically for penetration testing, and therefore, security.

Don't apologize, you have my thanks. And as they say, if 50 people contribute just a little, you still get a lot of stuff done by the end of the day.

I have to check how well BackTrack does hardware detection, since usability is more important than penetration resistance. It won't be meant as a day-to-day OS. I'll clarify when I have the time. Thanks to everybody so far.

BouerBouer

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The donation I'll be sending is pretty pathetic, but it's all I've got right now or I'd send more, sorry. Sad

Anyway yeah, please do, it'd be really appreciated. If you were to choose a Linux Distro I'd recommend BackTrack, as it's a distro designed spesifically for penetration testing, and therefore, security.

devrandom

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Quote from: aiwk171 on June 19, 2011, 07:17:55 AM

I did personalized LinuxCDs before, so this will definitely do-able. The result will be a solution for people with zero computer knowledge.

Would you be open to using the Gitian (https://gitian.org/) build method for the live CD? It would allow users to validate the distribution by having it built and signed by multiple developers. I can help with this.

jasonstx

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I was thinking more of a thinapp solution for windows. Application isolation pretty much takes care of any trojan problems as anything outside the container can't see inside. Not sure of the licensing implications though.

BitcoinPorn

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I have been "into" Bitcoin for a bit (lulz) however I have not obtained any Bitcoin (I don't want to put my number in my sig and ask for donations, I do not want to believe that will work based on just the number in the signature.. but whatever). Point is, if I had something, I would throw it your way in support of this. People better hope that you finish this out and/or it inspires someone to create one as well. Thanks.

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