From: joelm@eskimo.com (Joel McNamara)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 95 09:39:26 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Windows secret-sharing
Message-ID: <199507171638.JAA14534@mail.eskimo.com>
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I just uploaded a user-friendly, Windows front-end to Hal Finney's SECSPLIT.EXE (based on Shamir's secret-sharing) called Secret Sharer.  The interface supports splitting and restoring files or passphrases.

Nothing fancy, but a simple solution for Windows users who want to do their own key (or whatever) escrow.

Secret Sharer is freeware, and is available from either:

http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm
ftp.eskimo.com /joelm/secshare.zip

I'm probably being over-cautious, but because of ITAR, SECSPLIT.EXE is not included in the ZIP file.  FTP sites for downloading are listed in the docs though.

Comments, bug reports, etc. appreciated before I announce to the relevant newsgroups.

Joel McNamara
joelm@eskimo.com - http://www.eskimo.com/~joelm for PGP key