Split private Key

Frank Tobin ftobin@neverending.org
Wed Sep 12 20:09:01 2001


Michael Sierchio, at 06:06 -0700 on Wed, 12 Sep 2001, wrote:

   This reveals key bits to the holders, however.  Using a K-of-N
   threshold scheme, or even a simple XOR, prevents the holders from
   having any knowledge of the key bits.

sharesecret implements a K-of-N theshold scheme.

http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/m5/sk/sharesecret.html

It is available under the GNU GPL.

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