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+`secsplit` is a simple wrapper around the
+`github.com/hashicorp/vault/shamir` package.
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+`secsplit` lets you split a secret into several parts using [Shamir’s
+Secret Sharing][shamir] algorithm. `secsplit` also encodes those parts
+using Base64, and expects parts to be Base64-encoded when it reads them.
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+[shamir]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir's_Secret_Sharing