From 73e4b3f8fe39291f3477fa073572598e8bd25120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Grégoire Duchêne Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 04:11:12 +0000 Subject: First draft --- README.md | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md (limited to 'README.md') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2