gpg-quorum

or: digital testament encryption management

needs:

I wanted something capable of encrypting a file/archive/furryporn/whatever in a way that it was encrypted for N persons but only a willi quorum of X persons was needed to decypher it. I looked into "Shamir secret sharing" but I find that generating a new secret that should be distributed among the interested parties could be the key for failure.

requirements:

• for encryption needs to use something you use (read: refresh) often
• needs to be a technology/piece of software that should survive for some years
• needs to be fairly customizable
• needs to be mostrly hassle-free

output:

usage:

./gpg-quorum_3of5.sh file.txt