On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 11:24 AM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor <[email protected]> wrote:
> Nick is proposing using SSSS, which (if i understand the theory > correctly) doesn't leak any information about the secret material until > the correct number of pieces are assembled in one place (at which point > the entire secret is available). > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing > > So i don't think nick's proposal should leak any of the bits of the key. Actually, many secret sharing schemes have been published. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_sharing Many but not all variations on or proposed improvements to Shamir's. There is a whole lot of literature and it would likely take someone familiar with it to choose well here. _______________________________________________ Freedombox-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/freedombox-discuss
