From 5b215cf10e23a02c03c6c96c3496efa4180003e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: markus reichelt Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 00:52:14 -0300 Subject: misc/ssss: Added (Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme) Signed-off-by: Niels Horn --- misc/ssss/README | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) create mode 100644 misc/ssss/README (limited to 'misc/ssss/README') diff --git a/misc/ssss/README b/misc/ssss/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..64addb9224 --- /dev/null +++ b/misc/ssss/README @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +ssss (Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme) + +ssss is a method for distributing a secret amongst a group of +participants, each of which is allocated a share of the secret. +The secret can only be reconstructed when the shares are combined +together; individual shares are of no use on their own. -- cgit v1.2.3