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ssss mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für ssss in AI-Agent-Workflows.

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install ssss

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install ssss

MacPorts ports tree · security/ssss/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add ssss

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · ssss · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install ssss

Debian stable package indexes · ssss · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install ssss

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · ssss · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#ssss

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ss/ssss/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Shamir's secret sharing scheme implementation

Befehle und Aliase

  • ssss-combine
  • ssss-split

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

ssss is a small Unix-oriented command-line implementation of Shamir's Secret Sharing Scheme. Its package-manager identity is unusually literal: it ships two commands, ssss-split and ssss-combine, for turning a secret into threshold shares and reconstructing it from enough shares.

Projektgeschichte

The official project page says ssss was written in 2006 by B. Poettering, licensed under GPL v2, linked against GNU libgmp, and designed for UNIX/Linux machines using /dev/random as an entropy source. The homepage distributes release tarballs from 0.1 through 0.5 rather than pointing to a public source-control repository.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The project page notes a Debian package and Freshmeat announcements, reflecting the mid-2000s Unix packaging path for small security tools. The supplied package facts show it later remained available across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora/DNF, Alpine, MacPorts, and Nix, which is the sort of long-tail packaging that keeps old but useful CLI cryptography tools reachable.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical usage is interactive: ssss-split prompts for a secret and emits numbered shares for a threshold scheme, while ssss-combine reads enough shares to reconstruct the secret. The manpage also documents hex mode for binary material, quiet modes for scripts, and a hybrid pattern where large data is encrypted with tools such as OpenSSL or GPG and only the key is shared.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Package maintainers care about ssss because it is a compact, classic Unix security utility with stable command names and few moving parts. Its continued presence in multiple package managers makes it a reference point for threshold-secret workflows even when newer tools wrap Shamir sharing with additional authentication or modern cryptographic framing.

Zeitleiste

  • 2006: Official project page says ssss was written by B. Poettering.
  • 2006: ssss 0.1 through 0.5 tarballs were published on the project homepage.
  • 2018: Official homepage copyright and last-modified metadata show the page was still maintained.

Related projects

  • The homepage links ssss to the broader Shamir secret sharing tradition and mentions seccure as another cryptography project by the same author. Its usage notes also point to OpenSSL and GPG for encrypting larger payloads before splitting only the symmetric key.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 13 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Installiert mit 2 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
ssss-combinecliglobales Executable
ssss-splitcliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-26
Manager-Version0.5
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/

  • InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
  • InfoRelease/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/none Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:ssss
Version0.5
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/ssss
Homepagehttp://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/
Upstream-Dokumentationhttp://point-at-infinity.org/ssss
LizenzGPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchivhttps://deb.debian.org/debian/pool/main/s/ssss/ssss_0.5.orig.tar.gz
Abhängigkeitengmp, xmltoman
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namessss
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

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Debian apt95%

ssss 0.5-5

Shamir's secret sharing scheme implementation

http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/

sudo apt install ssss
  • Section: utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Ssss
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: ssss from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

ssss

nix profile install nixpkgs#ssss
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Ssss
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ss/ssss/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

ssss 0.5-5

Shamir's secret sharing scheme implementation

http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/

sudo apt install ssss
  • Section: universe/utils
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Ssss
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ssss from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
apk95%

ssss 0.5.7-r0

ssss is an implementation of Shamir's secret sharing scheme for UNIX systems

http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/

sudo apk add ssss
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ssss
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Ssss
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ssss from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
apk95%

ssss-doc 0.5.7-r0

ssss is an implementation of Shamir's secret sharing scheme for UNIX systems (documentation)

http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss/

sudo apk add ssss-doc
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ssss
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Ssss
Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: ssss-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz
dnf95%

ssss 0.5-36.fc44.2

Shamir's secret sharing scheme

http://point-at-infinity.org/ssss

sudo dnf install ssss
  • License: GPL-2.0-only
  • Category: Unspecified
  • Architecture: x86_64
  • Source Package: ssss
  • 3 Abhängigkeiten
  • 1 stellt bereit
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Ssss
Fedora Rawhide package metadata · dl.fedoraproject.org · Fedora Rawhide package metadata: ssss from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst
MacPorts95%

ssss

sudo port install ssss
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Ssss
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: security/ssss/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

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