An improved secret sharing algorithm
Sunday Eric Adewumi, EJD Garba · Science World Journal · 2010
Assuming the desire of a 9-man Election Tribunal Judges is to protect their judgment from public knowledge before judgment is delivered.They decided to lock up their judgment in a cabinet.They agree that any 5 judges can open the cabinet to retrieve the document, but not less than 5 can do so.To achieve this, they will need 126 5 9 c padlocks to secure the cabinet.This is prohibitive and impracticable in real life.A secret sharing algorithm will achieve the judges' desire without having to purchase 126 padlocks to secure the cabinet.