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@@ -869,6 +869,8 @@ key.
tr -dc '[:alnum:]' < /dev/urandom | head -c 30 ; echo
ssss-split -t 3 -n 5
Note: consider using SLIP-0039 instead, see below.
5.
export the secrets and create the encrypted archive:
mkdir openpgp-ssss-backup-$FINGERPRINT
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@@ -1091,6 +1093,25 @@ You will need to adapt this to your purposes.
### Other approaches
I am considering a more standard secret sharing scheme based on
[
SLIP-039
](
https://github.com/satoshilabs/slips/blob/master/slip-0039.md
)
, established in the Bitcoin community, but that is
applicable everywhere. The
[
python-shamir-mnemonic implementation
](
https://github.com/trezor/python-shamir-mnemonic
)
,
for example, provides human-readable secrets:
```
anarcat@angela:~> shamir create 3of5
Using master secret: 608e920fc59a6cf2d23bcfe6cb889771
Group 1 of 1 - 3 of 5 shares required:
yield pecan academic acne body teacher elder twin detect vegan solution maiden home switch dryer member purple voice acquire username
yield pecan academic agree ajar cause critical leader admit viral taxi puny curious sled often satoshi lips afraid stadium froth
yield pecan academic amazing blanket decision crystal vexed trial fitness shaped timber helpful beard strategy curious episode sniff object heat
yield pecan academic arcade alcohol vampire employer package tactics extra window sympathy darkness adapt laundry genius laser closet example ruler
yield pecan academic axle aquatic have racism debris spew dive human thumb weapon satoshi curly lobe lecture visitor example alarm
```
Notice how the first three words are the same in all tokens? That's
also useful to identify the secret itself...
Note that if you are comfortable sharing all your secret keys with
those peers, a simpler procedure is to re-encrypt your own backup with
a symmetric key instead of your Yubikey encryption key. This is much
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