Very true. I need to update this a little but the idea was for it to be completely open source and easily verifiable.
Download vagrant, run a couple of scripts and voila.
Topic: Secure Bootable Ubuntu DVD for Offline Armory (Read 1551 times)
It seems ill-advised for anyone installing an offline/online Armory setup to do so by downloading an installer created by a third party, as it introduces an additional attack vector for malicious, bitcoin-specific code to reach the offline and/or online machines. This is true regardless of whether the creator of the third-party installer has bad intentions.
I posted this a while ago, thought I would repost here. If anyone finds this useful, it would be great to have some feedback...
I've recently been playing around with Ubuntu with the aim of developing user-customizable live CD/DVDs/USB disks.
It works as follows:
1. User downloads(or builds) and burns a liveDisk .iso image.
2. User boots it up. Adds software. Creates encrypted wallets. Makes it pretty.
3. User 'reproduces' the system as a new .iso and writes it to CD/DVD or USB disk
...
I currently have a very basic bitcoin livedisk version which can be downloaded (768mb) here https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4kVxAbllVkIWXhKZlo3bXJyS00/edit?usp=sharing
It contains:
Screen shots:
I also have a GUI-less, Bitcoin-tool-less, bootstrap.iso at 387mb, here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4kVxAbllVkIQWlTbmF2UGxRUFE/edit?usp=sharing
Of course, everything can also be built manually. The build process is as follows:
Building the bootstrap.iso
1. Install Vagrant www.vagrantup.com
Building the liveDisk-bitcoin distro
1. Find a decent sized USB flash disk (8gb would do nicely). **This will be completely wiped!**
2. Boot the 'bootstrap.iso`. Select 3rd boot option (with flash storage)
3. `sudo livedisk-init-flash /dev/sdX` (where /dev/sdX is replaced by the path to your USB device)
4. `sudo livedisk-install bitcoin` (and wait a while!)
5. Reboot and again select 3rd boot option
6. Customize your distro!
Save your modified distro to a new .iso
1. `sudo livedisk-reproduce flash` to make your customized liveDisk .iso
I've recently been playing around with Ubuntu with the aim of developing user-customizable live CD/DVDs/USB disks.
It works as follows:
1. User downloads(or builds) and burns a liveDisk .iso image.
2. User boots it up. Adds software. Creates encrypted wallets. Makes it pretty.
3. User 'reproduces' the system as a new .iso and writes it to CD/DVD or USB disk
...
I currently have a very basic bitcoin livedisk version which can be downloaded (768mb) here https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4kVxAbllVkIWXhKZlo3bXJyS00/edit?usp=sharing
It contains:
- Bitcoin-Qt
- Bitcoin Armory
- VanityGen
- Electrum
- BitAddress
- livedisk_tools (https://github.com/willish/livedisk_tools) including things such as 'livedisk-reproduce' for making baby .ISOs!
Screen shots:
I also have a GUI-less, Bitcoin-tool-less, bootstrap.iso at 387mb, here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4kVxAbllVkIQWlTbmF2UGxRUFE/edit?usp=sharing
Of course, everything can also be built manually. The build process is as follows:
Building the bootstrap.iso
1. Install Vagrant www.vagrantup.com
Code:
git clone git://github.com/willish/livedisk_bootstrap.git .
cd build_amd64 # or build_i386
vagrant up
Building the liveDisk-bitcoin distro
1. Find a decent sized USB flash disk (8gb would do nicely). **This will be completely wiped!**
2. Boot the 'bootstrap.iso`. Select 3rd boot option (with flash storage)
3. `sudo livedisk-init-flash /dev/sdX` (where /dev/sdX is replaced by the path to your USB device)
4. `sudo livedisk-install bitcoin` (and wait a while!)
5. Reboot and again select 3rd boot option
6. Customize your distro!
Save your modified distro to a new .iso
1. `sudo livedisk-reproduce flash` to make your customized liveDisk .iso
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