Re: secret-sharing code

2000-03-31 Thread Damien Miller
On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, John Gilmore wrote: > >>Are there any freely-available secret-sharing packages around? Specifically, > >>I need to be able to set up modestly complex policies to protect a sensitive > >>signature key. > > > > I use Hal Finney's "secsplit". Google found it in a couple of pla

Re: secret-sharing code

2000-03-30 Thread Bill Stewart
At 08:31 AM 03/30/2000 -0600, Matt Crawford replied to John Gilmore: >> Keep the meta-root private key under very very high security (my >> recommendation was to embed it in the structural members of a >> skyscraper, such that anyone who tried to get it -- the legitimate >> owner or anyone else

Re: secret-sharing code

2000-03-30 Thread Matt Crawford
> Keep the meta-root private key under very very high security (my > recommendation was to embed it in the structural members of a > skyscraper, such that anyone who tried to get it -- the legitimate > owner or anyone else -- would have to make a lot of noise for an > extended period, in a very

Re: secret-sharing code

2000-03-30 Thread Bill Stewart
At 04:59 PM 03/29/2000 -0800, John Gilmore wrote: >>>Are there any freely-available secret-sharing packages around? Specifically, >>>I need to be able to set up modestly complex policies to protect a sensitive >>>signature key. >> >> I use Hal Finney's "secsplit". Google found it in a couple of p

Re: secret-sharing code

2000-03-29 Thread John Gilmore
>>Are there any freely-available secret-sharing packages around? Specifically, >>I need to be able to set up modestly complex policies to protect a sensitive >>signature key. > > I use Hal Finney's "secsplit". Google found it in a couple of places; it > doesn't seem to have been updated since 1

Re: secret-sharing code

2000-03-29 Thread Wei Dai
On Wed, Mar 29, 2000 at 02:25:51PM +1000, Greg Rose wrote: > I use Hal Finney's "secsplit". Google found it in a couple of places; it > doesn't seem to have been updated since 1993. It doesn't do the more > complicated schemes, just straight (m, k) splitting.

RE: secret-sharing code

2000-03-29 Thread Salzman, Noah
] PGP QA Manager 408.346.5186 -Original Message- From: Steve Bellovin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2000 7:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: secret-sharing code Are there any freely-available secret-sharing packages around? Specifically, I need to be

Re: secret-sharing code

2000-03-29 Thread Greg Rose
At 13:22 29/03/2000 +0930, Steve Bellovin wrote: >Are there any freely-available secret-sharing packages around? Specifically, >I need to be able to set up modestly complex policies to protect a sensitive >signature key. > >While source code would be best, I'd also be interested in smart card-bas

secret-sharing code

2000-03-28 Thread Steve Bellovin
Are there any freely-available secret-sharing packages around? Specifically, I need to be able to set up modestly complex policies to protect a sensitive signature key. While source code would be best, I'd also be interested in smart card-based products. --Steve Bellovin