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# Sharks
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[](https://github.com/c0dearm/sharks/actions)
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[](https://codecov.io/gh/c0dearm/sharks)
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[](https://crates.io/crates/sharks)
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[](https://docs.rs/sharks)
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Fast, small and secure [Shamir's Secret Sharing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamir%27s_Secret_Sharing) library crate
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Documentation:
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- [API reference (docs.rs)](https://docs.rs/sharks)
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## Usage
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Add this to your `Cargo.toml`:
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```toml
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[dependencies]
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sharks = "0.3"
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```
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To get started using Sharks, see the [Rust docs](https://docs.rs/sharks)
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## Features
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### Developer friendly
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The API is simple and to the point, with minimal configuration.
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### Fast and small
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The code is as idiomatic and clean as possible, with minimum external dependencies.
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### Secure by design
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The implementation forbids the user to choose parameters that would result in an insecure application,
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like generating more shares than what's allowed by the finite field length.
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## Limitations
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Because the Galois finite field it uses is [GF256](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_field#GF(p2)_for_an_odd_prime_p),
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only up to 255 shares can be generated for a given secret. A larger number would be insecure as shares would start duplicating.
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Nevertheless, the secret can be arbitrarily long as computations are performed on single byte chunks.
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## Testing
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This crate contains both unit and benchmark tests (as well as the examples included in the docs).
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You can run them with `cargo test` and `cargo bench`.
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### Benchmark results [min mean max]
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| CPU | obtain_shares_dealer | step_shares_dealer | recover_secret | share_from_bytes | share_to_bytes |
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| ----------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------- |
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| Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz | [1.4321 us 1.4339 us 1.4357 us] | [1.3385 ns 1.3456 ns 1.3552 ns] | [228.77 us 232.17 us 236.23 us] | [24.688 ns 25.083 ns 25.551 ns] | [22.832 ns 22.910 ns 22.995 ns] |
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# Contributing
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If you find a vulnerability, bug or would like a new feature, [open a new issue](https://github.com/c0dearm/sharks/issues/new).
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To introduce your changes into the codebase, submit a Pull Request.
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Many thanks!
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# License
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Sharks is distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the
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Apache License (Version 2.0).
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See [LICENSE-APACHE](LICENSE-APACHE) and [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT), and
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[COPYRIGHT](COPYRIGHT) for details.
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