Given a threshold t, sharesecret splits a secret into parts, such that exactly t parts are needed to reconstruct the secret. If you have fewer parts you know only the approximate or exact length of the secret.
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Fractionnement des sharesecret dans les programmes de plusieurs plus petites et plus simples, permettant une utilisation plus simple. La limite du nombre de pièces est maintenant supérieur à 65000.
Splitting of sharesecret into several smaller and simpler programs, making the usage simpler. The limit of the number of parts is now higher than 65000.