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

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cryptocurrency · @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.

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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"

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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.

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@alimagsterne · Jan 9 '18 (edited)

$0.09

Alright. Another question concerning the guide: You worte to always physically disconnect the internet, e.g. by turning off the router. Wouldn't it be more easy to completely disable the network deamon of Tails? On quora I read " If you really get paranoid go into /etc/init.d subdirectories and disable start of the internet daemon xinitd to assure that nothing can ever connect to you." I couldn't find this daemon on Tails, tough. Do you have any idea?

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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

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@alimagsterne · Jan 10 '18

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

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@mixa8222 · Jan 19 '18

Unfortunately, Tails`s  3.4 Tor is not work as well as Tails 3.3. Only 3.2 is working ok!

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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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@firefly2000 · Mar 26 '18

Tested Tails 3.5, but unfortunately same problem exists with TOR. Also tested Tails 3.6, released March 13, same problem again! I've not tested Tails 3.6.1.
I spent some time on this and came up with a suitable workaround. Simply find a portable browser app for Linux and copy it into the Persistent Volume. Just run it from there and open up the MyEtherWallet index.html. I used the Firefox Appimage located here: https://www.linux-apps.com/p/1168996/
Works great! Hope this helps.

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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?

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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.

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