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shamir
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Fast, secure, pure python implementation of Shamir's secret sharing algorithm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing


why to use it
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Shamir's secret sharing is useful for providing an "N of M" layer.
For example, password recovery security questions could be cryptographically
imeplemented with this algorithm. Security question answers are
put through a key-derivation-function (KDF) or hash and each one is used to
encrypt a different secret. Then, the answer to any say 5 of 11 security
questions would be enouch to recover the secret.

how to use it
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.. code-block:: python
secret, shares = make_random_secret(3, 5)
# generate shares such that 3 of 5 can recover the secret
secret = recover_secret(shares)


Shamir's secret sharing algorithm operates on integer X, Y points,
and the secret it stores is a random integer. To be useful, it must be
combined with other algorithms. Here's a high level example:

.. code-block:: python
# encrypt, decrypt, hash, and kdf are external functions

def two_of_three_encrypt(plaintext, pw0, pw1, pw2):
'given a plaintext, secure it so that any 2 may access in the future'
secret, shares = shamir.make_random_shares(2, 3)
def encrypt_share(share, pw):
return encrypt(key=kdf(pw), plaintext=repr(share))
return (
encrypt(key=hash(hex(secret)), plaintext=plaintext)) + tuple(
[encrypt(key=kef(pw), plaintext=repr(share))
for pw, share in zip((pw0, pw1, pw2), shares)])

def two_of_three_decrypt(encrypted, pwA, pwB):
'recover the plaintext given 2 of the 3 passwords used to secure'
ciphertext, shares = encrypted[0], encrypted[1:]
keyA, keyB = kdf(pwA), kdf(pwB)
decrypted_shares = []
for share in shares:
for key in (keyA, keyB):
try:
decrypted_shares.append(
decrypt(key=keyA, ciphertext=share))
except Exception:
pass
if len(decrypted_shares) < 2:
raise ValueError('bad password')
return decrypt(
key=hash(hex(shamir.recover_secret(decrypted_shares))),
ciphertext=ciphertext)


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