Topic: Which OS is the most secure? (Read 1207 times)
Open BSD,FreeBSD
Tails off a live cd is about as good as it gets.
From my understanding, OS X is actually not as secure as everyone thinks. However, no attackers want to target it because a very small portion of the market uses it. Thus, Windows gets the brunt of the hackers.
I think i just try some of these to create a safe wallet
OpenVMS http://hp.com/go/openvms of course.
As has been mentioned before, the most important thing for you to do is to separate out the amount which you want to store long-term (aka savings) and the amount which you want to use in day-to-day transactions and treat them separately. For the latter a simple encrypted wallet is probably the right balance of security and convenience with possibly a hardware key in the near future as they become more stable. For the former you need to do everything you can to keep your private keys away from others.
If you boot a live CD/USB distribution on to a computer not connected to the internet and generate your keypairs there it's a good first step, then you need to take whatever measures you feel appropriate to manage your private keys. This can be any combination of encryption, cold storage, obfuscation etc. but remember that you do need to be able to get them back (and if you want your next-of-kin to be able to access your bitcoins in the event of an unfortunate meteor strike then you need to ensure that they can carry out the same procedures as you).
If you boot a live CD/USB distribution on to a computer not connected to the internet and generate your keypairs there it's a good first step, then you need to take whatever measures you feel appropriate to manage your private keys. This can be any combination of encryption, cold storage, obfuscation etc. but remember that you do need to be able to get them back (and if you want your next-of-kin to be able to access your bitcoins in the event of an unfortunate meteor strike then you need to ensure that they can carry out the same procedures as you).
Has anyone here heard of TEMPEST? You're all worried about your OS/software leaking info, BUT I BET NONE OF YOU HAVE SECURE MONITORS!
Also, you there, up the back, yes, you, why aren't you wearing your tinfoil hat?!
Also, you there, up the back, yes, you, why aren't you wearing your tinfoil hat?!
Windows 98 ofc 
Keeping your coins on a flash drive seems more secure.
Why?I'd say it makes no difference whatsoever. It all depends on how you access (spend) them and how they are stored. Are they encrypted and backed up, for example?
The only secure OS is the one that has never been connected to any network...which kind of defeats the purpose of mining...
Ehhh, storing your wallet securely and mining have exactly nothing to do with eachother.I store my BTC in a dedicated Ubuntu Live install on USB which has never been connected to the internet (disconnected & removed all network interfaces). Locally generated a bunch of private keys there, stored with encryption (and backed up on several locations of course). Exported the public addresses to a windows environment, so I can check my balance and send savings without Ubuntu, I only need that to actually spend it (which I do by signing transactions offline). Private keys are NEVER exposed outside the secured disconnected Ubuntu environment, ever.
And I keep a 2nd wallet with just some small pocket change on my regular Windows system.
Avoid Windows, it's the most unsecure OS out of the box
And do not think you are "safe" just because you use a certain OS, only way to be quite secure is to use paper wallets and/or cold storage.
And do not think you are "safe" just because you use a certain OS, only way to be quite secure is to use paper wallets and/or cold storage.
Keeping your coins on a flash drive seems more secure.
I also think about using a "storage" wallet and a online transaction wallet.
What kind of Linux System would you prefer for putting it on a Flash-Disk or USB Stick to boot from?
What kind of Linux System would you prefer for putting it on a Flash-Disk or USB Stick to boot from?
Tails would be a good choice since it's based on Debian and it's geared towards anonymity and security.
Which Operating System is the most secure for having a wallet of BTC? Including immunity to viruses, troyans and so on.
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I also think about using a "storage" wallet and a online transaction wallet.
What kind of Linux System would you prefer for putting it on a Flash-Disk or USB Stick to boot from?
What kind of Linux System would you prefer for putting it on a Flash-Disk or USB Stick to boot from?
It really depends on what you do with your computer.
If it's behind a firewall, you don't download any untrusted software, you don't copy-paste commands into the terminal, don't share your wallet directory over a network, have a password protected login and you keep some reasonable web smarts like not opening Java applications on untrusted websites, any OS is a good OS.
Try to keep it on a machine that only you have access to as well and if you're feeling really paranoid, encrypt the folder or drive your wallet resides in.
If it's behind a firewall, you don't download any untrusted software, you don't copy-paste commands into the terminal, don't share your wallet directory over a network, have a password protected login and you keep some reasonable web smarts like not opening Java applications on untrusted websites, any OS is a good OS.
Try to keep it on a machine that only you have access to as well and if you're feeling really paranoid, encrypt the folder or drive your wallet resides in.
Oh dear, did someone start a flame war
None... Unless you built your own, from scratch. But Macs and Linux are pretty secure.
Uh.. yeah.. because noone has ever hacked a proprietary OS...
I highlighted the important parts of my statement, but I would love to see documentation on these 10yr FreeBSD bugs that still plague Mac OSX, cause I haven't read that. But linux and mac OSX 10.8 are on the same playing field last time I checked it out. It is one of the main reasons why Macs are used in google, faceebook, and pretty much any other huge website company.
It's because OS X is based in unix, which linux was modeled around
"LINUX" stands for "LINUX Not UNIX".
None... Unless you built your own, from scratch. But Macs and Linux are pretty secure.
Uh.. yeah.. because noone has ever hacked a proprietary OS...
I highlighted the important parts of my statement, but I would love to see documentation on these 10yr FreeBSD bugs that still plague Mac OSX, cause I haven't read that. But linux and mac OSX 10.8 are on the same playing field last time I checked it out. It is one of the main reasons why Macs are used in google, faceebook, and pretty much any other huge website company.
It's because OS X is based in unix, which linux was modeled around
Look up tails linux
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