Horcrux: Split your file into encrypted fragments
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#3Fun repo that uses the Shamir Secret Sharing Scheme to break a file into parts which can be recombined to get the original. From the README
Who this is for:
People who need to encrypt a big sensitive file like a diary and don't expect to remember any passwords years from now (but who paradoxically will be capable of remembering where they've hidden their horcruxes)
People who want to transmit files across multiple channels to substantially reduce the ability for an attacker to intercept
Q) This isn't really in line with how horcruxes work in the harry potter universe!
A) It's pretty close! You can't allow any one horcrux to be used to resurrect the original file (and why would you that would be useless) but you can allow two horcruxes to do it (so only off by one). Checkmate HP fans.Re: Horcrux: Split your file into encrypted fragments
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#5Recently learned that Clevis also supports Shamir Secret Sharing, and it's in fact the only way to configure multiple pins even if they're of the same type and authority (ie. the RAID0 of SSS):
https://github.com/latchset/clevis#pin-shamir-secret-sharing
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#6I thought this was neat and went to his repo - he's the lazygit/lazy docker person!
Nice to see the prolificacy!
Re: Horcrux: Split your file into encrypted fragments
#7Fun repo that uses the Shamir Secret Sharing Scheme to break a file into parts which can be recombined to get the original. From the README Who this is for: People who need to encrypt a big sensitive file like a diary and don't expect to remember any passwords years from now (but who paradoxically will be capable of remembering where they've hidden their horcruxes) People who want to transmit files across multiple ch…
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Re: Horcrux: Split your file into encrypted fragments
#8There's a cool paper-based backup tool that also uses Shamir Secret Sharing to let you distribute a bunch of paper copies to your friends to restore a file optically:
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#9This is one of the most badass names for a project I have seen in a
while!
Re: Horcrux: Split your file into encrypted fragments
#10This is one of the most badass names for a project I have seen in a while!
It's inaccurate though. The whole point of horcruxes in the book is that Voldemort can always resurrect himself if one of them remains. This tool is the opposite: you need multiple parts to reconstruct the file.