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| author | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2017-04-04 12:30:13 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joeyh@joeyh.name> | 2017-04-04 12:30:13 -0400 |
| commit | 0d52ac5404f4203f5ea8dc13b5dcc30d67eaf444 (patch) | |
| tree | 71b5005ba88390f733325bc17c77574ff9e009ae /doc/todo/Make_the_number_of_shard_servers_configurable/comment_1_4416f7495e2a34a3cdb6f5106beaf582._comment | |
| parent | 97739621230f267ac783bd3d9902eff8cee2ad27 (diff) | |
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move item from TODO to doc/todo and reply
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diff --git a/doc/todo/Make_the_number_of_shard_servers_configurable/comment_1_4416f7495e2a34a3cdb6f5106beaf582._comment b/doc/todo/Make_the_number_of_shard_servers_configurable/comment_1_4416f7495e2a34a3cdb6f5106beaf582._comment new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1a2871f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/Make_the_number_of_shard_servers_configurable/comment_1_4416f7495e2a34a3cdb6f5106beaf582._comment @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[!comment format=mdwn + username="joey" + subject="""comment 1""" + date="2017-04-04T16:19:10Z" + content=""" +You can use --totalshares and --neededshares to configure how many shares +keysafe splits the key into. See also +[[detect_number_of_required_shares_on_restore]]. + +Bear in mind that colluding servers still have to guess the name used to +find the shares to combine, and even then they still have the expensive +work of cracking the password ahead. Splitting the secret across servers is +only an initial line of defense. + +It's debatable whether having a lot of servers would add much security. + +But, keysafe needs more servers in any case. With more than 3 servers, +splits like 3-of-4 and 2-of-4 become usable; these and other parameters are +probably useful in some cases. +"""]] |