On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 04:05:20PM +0100, Florian Zumbiehl wrote:
> > Randomised so that you can easily strip the numbers and place them
> > elsewhere and thereby make it harder to guess the share numbers.
> And that is good for what?

If you lose a number of shares equal-to-or-greater-than the number
required to reconstruct the share, it might arguably provide you with a
short period of time in which to revoke those keys.  I'd be quite happy
to receive a patch which offered an option of sequential vs. randomised
share numbers.

D.

(And no, I'm not claiming added security, just the potential of a little
more time to deal with the fact that your security is breached)

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