On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 02:00:25PM +0000, Simon McVittie wrote: > The mathematics of Shamir secret sharing do not work correctly with x_i = 0, > i.e. a component foo.000, so the library should reject any sharenrs array > that contains 0, and the utilities should not produce such arrays. I'll > prepare a patch this evening. > Daniel, do you agree with this diagnosis?
Indeed, the zero-share is not useful since in theory it'd be the data unchanged. The software should reject zero-share instances, and not create them. I'm happy for you to supply me with a bundle, or I can sort it out myself, whichever you would prefer. D. -- Daniel Silverstone http://www.digital-scurf.org/ PGP mail accepted and encouraged. Key Id: 3CCE BABE 206C 3B69 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
