Re: [Tails-dev] Update Electrum documentation for Tails 1.8 upgrade to version 2.5.4

2015-12-05 Thread Michael English
s7r, Please see my replies that follow. >> The main debate is over the DoS documentation. This is a good >> summary by anonym of a worst case scenario: “Thanks to SPV, the >> server can spoof the wallet balance. Hence the server operator can >> scam Tails users, e.g. s/he can buy stuff from a

[Tails-dev] Update Electrum documentation for Tails 1.8 upgrade to version 2.5.4

2015-12-05 Thread Michael English
My main goal with the documentation is informing users of the vulnerabilities of Electrum in Tails to promote secure practices. I don't think that Bitcoin should be installed in Tails in the first place for the following reasons: Bitcoin is unstable software/protocol Tails runs off of memory We

Re: [Tails-dev] Releasing automated tests

2015-12-05 Thread intrigeri
Hi, bertagaz wrote (03 Dec 2015 15:40:09 GMT) : > On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 09:28:13PM +0100, intrigeri wrote: >> * the list of scenarios that shall be tagged @doc: at least the one >>anonym mentioned earlier in this thread; plus "check all PO files" >>I guess; the WhisperBack tests once

Re: [Tails-dev] Update Electrum documentation for Tails 1.8 upgrade to version 2.5.4

2015-12-05 Thread Michael English
You have thoroughly criticized my documentation to help users secure Electrum in Tails. I ask you again what would you change in the current documentation where it warns about SPV. Would you remove it entirely, replace it, or add something on to the end? What specific wording would you use? s7r:

Re: [Tails-dev] problems creating usb stick for tails 1.7

2015-12-05 Thread tim smy
Here is a update log to my previous post showing more deatils.   I followed the set up of tails on a usb drive as per the tails web site , however since I have a UFEI BIOS-(windows 10) then the universal usb installer will not work   The alternative it seems is to use a software called Rufus