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HACKERALERT / Picocrypt

A very small, very simple, yet very secure encryption tool.
GNU General Public License v3.0
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Is it possible to just do reed-solomon and not encrypt? #131

Closed dillfrescott closed 1 year ago

dillfrescott commented 2 years ago

This would be useful for times when the drive is already encrypted or what not, but you still need the erasure coding!

HACKERALERT commented 1 year ago

I don't officially support Reed-Solomon-only volumes, but you can just use a space as a password and basically achieve the same thing. You can also leave a password hint with the password since in this case, you don't need any security and just need the erasure coding. I feel like allowing Reed-Solomon without a password will be a footgun for some people, so I think I'll keep the password requirement.

dillfrescott commented 1 year ago

Okay! Makes sense. Thank you!