Sharing/Storing a private key

[Mindiell]

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> AFAIK, ssss *is* an implementation of SSS. So, why would you write
> a new version?
> 
> I must say I didn't look at the source, as I do not see the point
> at first.
> 
> So, this is a warning about security issues : something you made
> yourself is likely to be unsafe. A tested implementation exists.
> 
> Maybe is there really a point in writing it, but I can't see which.
> Maybe if you explained what the limitations of ssss are...?
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Leo
> 

Hello,

The demo of ssss shows :
- - a secret limited to 128 characters
- - a generation of n fragments in once pass. You couldn't generate a
new fragment later
- - you have to copy paste each fragments after splitting, and right again
on combination

Plus, in the source code, you can see it is not using the modulo part,
needing a specific lib (if I understood well).
Finally, when I tried it on the demo page, if I enter less fragments
than needed, it seems to raise an error which can help into
discovering how much fragments are needed.

In the end, it was a good exercise for me and I wanted to share it.
And as a Python version it is runnable everywhere without compiling
which seems to be a problem with the last version of ssss.

regards,

- -- 
Mindiell
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