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Gfsecret is a set of tools to facilitate secret sharing according to the |
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Adi Shamir’s secret sharing scheme. |
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[Adi Shamir’s secret sharing |
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scheme](http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=359176). |
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gfsec-use |
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The gfsec-use program allows to temporarily reconstruct a splitted file |
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from shares that have been dispersed on several external devices (USB |
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sticks and/or MTP-compliant devices like some smartphones or audio |
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The _gfsec-use_ program allows to temporarily reconstruct a splitted |
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file from shares that have been dispersed on several external devices |
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(USB sticks and/or MTP-compliant devices like some smartphones or audio |
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players). |
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The program needs a configuration file (by default, |
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URI=label://MYSTICK/mysecretfile.070 |
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URI=mtp://RF2GB6X704P/Documents/mysecret.139 |
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With such a configuration, gfse-use will attempt to reconstruct the file |
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`/home/alice/mysecret`, using at least two of the three available |
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With such a configuration, _gfse-use_ will attempt to reconstruct the |
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file `/home/alice/mysecret`, using at least two of the three available |
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shares: one available on the local filesystem, one on a USB storage |
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device with the label `MYSTICK`, and one on a MTP-compliant device with |
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the serial number `RF2GB6X704P`. Gfsec-use will automatically detect |
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the serial number `RF2GB6X704P`. _Gfsec-use_ will automatically detect |
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which devices are currently connected and will fetch from them the |
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corresponding shares. |
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Once the secret file has been reconstructed (if enough shares are |
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available), gfsec-use will spawn a new shell (or any other program |
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available), _gfsec-use_ will spawn a new shell (or any other program |
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specified on its command line). When the shell (or the user-specified |
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command) terminates, the reconstructed secret file will be automatically |
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deleted. |
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@ -58,12 +59,9 @@ License, version 3 or higher. The full license is included in the |
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[COPYING file](COPYING) of the source distribution. |
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Homepage and contact |
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Homepage and repository |
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The project is located at http://www.incenp.org/dvlpt/gfsecret.html. |
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The latest source code is available in a Git repository at |
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git://git.incenp.org/gfsecret.git and may also be browsed at |
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http://www.incenp.org/gitweb/?p=gfsecret.git;a=summary. |
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The author may be contacted at the following address: |
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Damien Goutte-Gattat <dgouttegattat@incenp.org> |
