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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3082f4a --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +`secsplit` is a simple wrapper around the +`github.com/hashicorp/vault/shamir` package. + +`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. + +[shamir]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir's_Secret_Sharing |