aworldofchaos/secret-sharing

Secret-sharing

This implementation of secret sharing was done as a part of the CS 406 course at IIT Bombay in Spring 2024.

Usage

1. Run the following command to form shares for a given secret python3 secret_sharing.py --secret path-to-secret-text --num_servers num-participants

2. Run the following command to decode the shares and obtain the secret (printed to the terminal) python3 retrieve_secret.py

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Report

Please read the attached report for a detailed explanation of the project and tool functionality.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Morten Dahl for the helpful blogs and resources on secret sharing.

We also thank Prof. Manoj Prabhakaran for invaluable guidance throughout the project.