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The Perl modules implementing Michael Rabin's Information Dispersal Algorithm, which is a variant of Reed-Solomon codes are nearing release quality. There are four modules, divided into two source packages:

Math::FastGF2 performs Galois Field operations in GF(2^x)
(x=8,16,32). Uses XS for faster-than-Perl speeds
Math::FastGF2::Matrix Matrix operations for the above, with XS used for
matrix multiplications for even faster speeds
Crypt::IDA Split files into n shares, combine any k shares,
with k <= n
Crypt::IDA::ShareFile Provides a convenient file format for storing
and distributing shares.... read more