RE: Tomshwom's Advanced Crypto Security Guide (Part 3) - Creating a Secure Wallet by pumba

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cryptocurrency · @pumba · Nov 20 '17 (edited)

$0.03

Really great guide. I followed the steps and it worked fine until I came to the point where I should test MEW in off-line state. Unfortunately, only text and codes shows up on a white background in the Tor browser, it was not possible to generate wallet/keys either. 
I've used 'etherwallet-v3.10.7.3.zip', kept the folder structure and activated index.html. I have also tried some earlier MEW versions, and have experimented with different settings in Tor, e.g. allowing 3rd party cookies, nothing seems to help. Any ideas what went wrong?
I'm using Tails v.3.3 with Tor v.7.0.10.
I have a screenshot from Tor, but not sure how to add.

👍 tomshwom

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@tomshwom · Nov 21 '17

This seems to be something that happened recently with Tor.  The Tor Browser persistent volume isn't getting the right permissions in AppGuard so it's not processing CSS.  See https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/24243.  I still haven't found a solid answer to this, but I think an older version of Tails (without getting updates) will fix things.

👍 pumba, mixa8222

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@alimagsterne · Jan 8 '18

$0.09

Hello Tom, thanks for the guide. The whole point of it is to not go online with Tails. What do you think of "Discreete Linux"?

https://www.privacy-cd.org/

"Discreete Linux is an isolated offline working environment. Discreete Linux considers a reliable and permanent separation of the data and cryptographic keys to be protected from non-trustworthy networks as an indispensable safety line against targeted "Advanced Persistent Threats". Therefore the support for network hardware of all kinds has been removed from the system kernel of Discreete Linux. This is not only important as a protection against the intrusion of Trojan Software, but also for downstream security lines"

👍 tomshwom

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@tomshwom · Jan 8 '18

$0.09

Any offline OS will suffice, but they need to be run natively, not in a VM on an online host.  I like Tails for the amnesic aspect, which helps guarantee that no malware is present on the system.  It is also documented well and has a lot of tools in place that make it a nice option for crypto.

👍 tomshwom, mixa8222

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@diab0lus · Jan 4 '18

$0.09

Tails v3.2 is bundled with Tor 7.0.6, which does not have the defect mentioned in the ticket linked above, and therefore is usable with local web content. It can be acquired here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20171103181439/https://tails.boum.org/torrents/files/tails-amd64-3.2.torrent

👍 tomshwom, alimagsterne

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@alimagsterne · Jan 10 '18

Tails 3.4. is out. Maybe it solves the problem.

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@proximo · Feb 10 '18

Tails 3.5 was released on Jan 23, has anyone tried using it? Does TOR work there?

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@martypete · Jan 23 '18

i'm so tired of TAILS. they try so hard to be the most private OS ever that you literally can't use anything on it with the exception of stuff designed to run on tails. which is like, monero wallet and thats it.

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@tomshwom · Jan 23 '18

$0.07

I guess you missed the use case described in the article above that you have now commented on.  If *you* don't have a use for Tails, maybe just don't use it?

👍 tomshwom

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@pumba · Nov 21 '17

$0.03

Thank you! Yes, this seems to explain the problem. I will try find a older version of Tails.

👍 tomshwom, mixa8222

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