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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/data-dispersal.cabal b/data-dispersal.cabal
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+name:                data-dispersal
+
+-- The package version.  See the Haskell package versioning policy (PVP) 
+-- for standards guiding when and how versions should be incremented.
+-- http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Package_versioning_policy
+-- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
+--                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
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+version:             1.0.0.0
+
+synopsis:            Space-efficient and privacy-preserving data dispersal algorithms.
+
+description:
+  This library provides space-efficient (m,n)-information dispersal algorithms (IDAs). 
+  .
+  Given a ByteString @bstr@ of length @D@, we encode @bstr@ as a list @fs@ of @n@ 
+  'Fragment's, each containing a ByteString
+  of length @O(D/m)@. Then, each fragment in @fs@ could be stored on a separate 
+  machine for fault-tolerance.
+  Even if up to @n-m@ of these machines crash, we can still reconstruct the original 
+  ByteString out of the remaining m fragments.
+  The total space required for the n fragments is @O((n/m)*D)@.
+  Note that @m@ and @n@ are roughly in the same order, so the actual storage overhead 
+  for getting good fault-tolerance increases only by a constant factor.
+  .
+  The module @Data.IDA@ contains the basic information dispersal algorithm. The module
+  @Crypto.IDA@ augments the dispersal scheme by combining it with secret sharing, i.e.,
+  the knowledge of up to @m-1@ fragments does not leak any information about
+  the original data. See "Crypto.IDA" for details.
+  .
+  /GHCi Example:/
+  .
+  > > :m + Data.IDA
+  > > let msg = Data.ByteString.Char8.pack "my really important data"
+  > > let fragments = encode 5 15 msg
+  > -- Now we could distributed the fragments on different sites to add some 
+  > -- fault-tolerance.
+  > > let frags' = drop 5 $ take 10 fragments -- let's pretend that 10 machines crashed
+  > > decode frags'  
+  > "my really important data"
+  .
+  /Fault-Tolerance:/
+  .
+  Suppose that we have @N@ machines and encode our data as @2log(N)@ fragments 
+  with reconstruction threshold m = @log(N)@.
+  Let's assume that we store each fragment on a separate machine and each
+  machine fails (independently) with probability at most 0.5.
+  .
+  * What is the probability of our data being safe? 
+  @Pr[ at most n-m machines crash ] >= 1-0.5^(log(N)) = 1-N^(-1).@
+  .
+  * What is the overhead in terms of space that we pay for this level of fault-tolerance?
+  We have n fragments, each of size D\/m, so the total space is @n * D\/ m = 
+  2D.@
+  In other words, we can guarantee that the data survives with high probability 
+  by increasing the required space by a constant factor.
+  .
+  This library is based on the following works: 
+  .
+  * \"Efficient Dispersal of
+  Information for Security, Load Balancing, and Fault Tolerance\", by Michael O.
+  Rabin, JACM 1989.
+  .
+  * \"How to share a secret.\" by Adi Shamir.
+ In Communications of the ACM 22 (11): 612–613, 1979.
+  .
+  * \"Secret Sharing Made Short\" Hugo Krawczyk.
+  CRYPTO 1993: 136-146
+
+
+license:             LGPL-2.1
+
+license-file:        LICENSE
+
+author:              Peter Robinson <peter.robinson@monoid.at>
+
+maintainer:          peter.robinson@monoid.at
+
+copyright:           Peter Robinson 2014
+
+category:            Data, Cryptography
+
+build-type:          Simple
+
+cabal-version:       >=1.8
+
+homepage:            http://monoid.at/code
+
+
+library
+  hs-source-dirs:    src
+
+  exposed-modules:   Data.IDA 
+                     Data.IDA.Internal
+                     Data.IDA.FiniteField
+                     Crypto.IDA
+
+  build-depends:     base ==4.6.*
+                    ,array >= 0.4.0.1
+                    ,vector >= 0.10.11.0
+                    ,binary >= 0.7.2.1
+                    ,bytestring >= 0.10.0.2
+                    ,syb >= 0.4.0
+                    ,binary >= 0.5.1.1
+                    ,finite-field >= 0.8.0
+                    ,matrix >= 0.3.4.0
+                    ,AES >= 0.2.9
+                    ,entropy >= 0.3.2
+                    ,secret-sharing >= 1.0.0.0
+  
+  ghc-options:      -Wall 
+
+test-suite Main
+  type:            exitcode-stdio-1.0
+
+  x-uses-tf:       true
+
+  build-depends:   base >= 4 && < 5
+                   ,QuickCheck >= 2.4
+                   ,test-framework >= 0.4.1
+                   ,test-framework-quickcheck2
+                   ,array >= 0.4.0.1
+                   ,vector >= 0.10.11.0
+                   ,spool >= 0.1
+                   ,binary >= 0.7.2.1
+                   ,bytestring >= 0.10.0.2
+                   ,syb >= 0.4.0
+
+  hs-source-dirs:  src, tests
+
+  main-is:         Tests.hs
+
diff --git a/src/Crypto/IDA.hs b/src/Crypto/IDA.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Crypto.IDA
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2014
+-- License     :  LGPL
+-- 
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <peter.robinson@monoid.at>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  portable
+--
+-- This module provides an (m,n)-information dispersal scheme that provides
+-- data redundancy while preserving secrecy. 
+-- In other words, this module combines the best of 2 worlds: secret sharing
+-- algorithms with low-overhead information dispersal.
+-- 
+-- Function 'encode' splits a given bytestring into @n@ fragments with the 
+-- following properties:
+--
+-- 1. Any @m@ of the @n@ fragments are sufficient for reconstructing the original
+-- bytestring via 'decode', and
+-- 2. the knowledge of up to @m-1@ fragments does /not/ reveal any information
+-- about the original bytestring.
+--
+--
+-- In more detail, suppose that we have some bytestring @b@ that we want to 
+-- (securely) disperse and parameter @m@, @n@.
+-- Running 'encode' @m n b@ does the following: 
+--
+-- * Generate a randomly chosen key of 32 bytes, called @key@.
+-- * Encrypt the bytestring @b@ using @key@ via AES.
+-- * Generate @n@ shares using the perfect secret sharing algorithm implemented 
+-- in module "Crypto.SecretSharing"; see package <http://hackage.haskell.org/package/secret-sharing>secret-sharing
+-- * Generate @n@ fragments of the encrypted data using the information 
+-- dispersal algorithm in "Data.IDA".
+-- * Finally, we pair up these shares and fragments as 
+-- a list of 'EncryptedFragment's. 
+--
+-- The size of each encrypted fragment is @O(|b|\/m + |key|)@.
+-- For sufficiently large bytestrings, the @O(|b|\/m)@ factor dominates and thus
+-- the scheme is space-optimal.
+--
+-- The secret sharing algorithm guarantess that the knowledge of up to @m-1@ of 
+-- the fragments does not leak any information about the encryption key (and 
+-- hence the encrypted data). 
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable, ScopedTypeVariables, DeriveGeneric #-}
+module Crypto.IDA( EncryptedFragment(fragmentId,keyShare,aesIV,fragment)
+                 , encode
+                 , decode
+                 )
+where
+import Data.IDA.Internal( Fragment(..) )
+import qualified Data.IDA.Internal as IDA
+
+import Crypto.SecretSharing( Share )
+import qualified Crypto.SecretSharing as PSS
+
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy( ByteString )
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
+import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+import System.Entropy( getEntropy )
+import Codec.Crypto.AES 
+import Control.Exception
+import Data.Typeable
+import Data.Binary( Binary )
+import GHC.Generics
+
+data EncryptedFragment = EncryptedFragment
+  { fragmentId :: Int           -- ^ the id of the encrypted fragment, ranging from 1 to n.
+  , keyShare  :: Share       -- ^ the list of (bytewise) shares of the AES key
+  , aesIV      :: B.ByteString  -- ^ the initialization vector of the AES encryption
+  , fragment   :: Fragment      -- ^ the encrypted fragment of the original data
+  }
+  deriving(Typeable,Show,Eq,Generic)
+
+instance Binary EncryptedFragment
+
+
+aesKeyLength, aesIVLength :: Int
+aesKeyLength = 32
+aesIVLength  = 16
+
+-- | Space efficient and secrecy-preserving (m,n)-information dispersal: 
+-- Generates @n@ fragments out 
+-- of a given bytestring @b@. Each fragment has size @length b \/ m + O(1)@.
+-- At least m fragments are required for reconstruction.
+-- Preserves secrecy: Assuming that these fragments are distributed 
+-- among different sites, the knowledge of less than m 
+-- fragments provides /no/ information about the original data whatsoever.
+encode :: Int                    -- ^ m: number of fragments required for reconstruction
+       -> Int                    -- ^ n: total number of fragments (@n ≥ m@)
+       -> Maybe ByteString       -- ^ the initialization vector for the AES encryption
+       -> ByteString             -- ^ the information that we want to disperse
+       -> IO [EncryptedFragment] -- ^ a list of n encrypted fragments.
+encode m numFragments mIV msg = do
+  key <- getEntropy aesKeyLength
+  iv  <- maybe (getEntropy aesIVLength) (return . BL.toStrict) mIV
+  keyShareList <- PSS.encode m numFragments (BL.fromStrict key)
+  let headers = zip keyShareList (replicate numFragments $ BL.fromStrict iv)
+  let fs = IDA.encode m numFragments $  BL.toStrict $ crypt CTR key iv Encrypt msg
+  return [ EncryptedFragment i ks (BL.toStrict iv) f 
+         | (i,(ks,iv),f) <- zip3 [1..] headers fs 
+         ]
+ 
+-- | Reconstruct the original data from (at least) @m@ fragments.
+-- Throws an 'AssertionFailed' exception if an insufficient number fragments are
+-- given or if a decoding error occurs.
+decode :: [EncryptedFragment] 
+       -> ByteString
+decode [] = BL.pack []
+decode pss@(p:_) 
+  | length pss < IDA.reconstructionThreshold (fragment p) = throw $ AssertionFailed 
+      "decode: not enough fragments for reconstruction."
+  | otherwise =
+  let m    = IDA.reconstructionThreshold $ fragment p in
+  let efs  = take m pss in
+  let iv   = aesIV p in
+  let fs   = map fragment efs in
+  let ss   =  map keyShare efs in
+  let emsg = IDA.decode fs in
+  let key  = PSS.decode ss in
+  crypt CTR (BL.toStrict key) iv Decrypt $ BL.fromStrict emsg
+
+
diff --git a/src/Data/IDA.hs b/src/Data/IDA.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.IDA
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2014
+-- License     :  LGPL
+-- 
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <peter.robinson@monoid.at>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  portable
+-- 
+-- This module provides an implementation of a space efficient (m,n)-threshold information 
+-- dispersal algorithm (IDA) as described in 
+-- "Efficient Dispersal of Information for Security, Load Balancing, and Fault
+-- Tolerance", by Michael O. Rabin, JACM 1989.
+--
+-- Given a ByteString bstr of length D
+-- >>> f = encode m n bstr
+-- encodes bstr as a list of n 'Fragment's, each containing a ByteString
+-- of length approximately @D/m@. For reconstructing the original ByteString out 
+-- of a sublist fssub of fs, 
+-- consisting of at least m fragments, use
+-- >>> decode fssub
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+module Data.IDA(encode,decode,Fragment(fragmentId))
+where
+import Data.IDA.Internal
+
+
+
+ 
diff --git a/src/Data/IDA/FiniteField.hs b/src/Data/IDA/FiniteField.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable, DeriveGeneric, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, TemplateHaskell, Haskell2010, TypeFamilies, FlexibleContexts, Trustworthy, FlexibleInstances, TypeSynonymInstances, OverlappingInstances, UndecidableInstances #-}
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.IDA.FiniteField
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2014
+-- License     :  LGPL
+-- 
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <peter.robinson@monoid.at>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  portable
+-- 
+-- Computations in a finite prime field
+-- 
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+module Data.IDA.FiniteField 
+where
+
+import Control.Exception
+import Data.Typeable
+import GHC.Generics
+import qualified Data.FiniteField.PrimeField as PF
+import Data.FiniteField.Base
+import Data.IDA.Prime
+
+import qualified Data.Vector as V
+import Data.Vector(Vector)
+import Data.Matrix
+import Data.Monoid
+import Data.Binary
+
+
+
+-- | Our finite prime field. All computations are performed in this field.
+newtype FField = FField { number :: $(PF.primeField $ fromIntegral prime) }
+  deriving(Show,Read,Ord,Eq,Num,Fractional,Generic,Typeable,FiniteField)
+
+instance Monoid FField where  
+  mempty = 0
+  mappend  = (+)
+
+
+instance Enum FField where
+  toEnum =  FField . fromIntegral 
+  fromEnum = fromEnum . PF.toInteger . number
+
+instance Binary FField where
+  get = do 
+    n <- get :: Get Integer
+    return $ FField { number = fromInteger n }
+  put f = put (PF.toInteger $ number f)
+
+
+-- | A matrix over the finite field.
+type FMatrix = Matrix FField 
+
+
+dotProduct :: Num a => Vector a -> Vector a -> a
+dotProduct v1 v2 = V.sum $ V.zipWith (*) v1 v2
+
+
+-- | Solves a linear equality system @A x = b@ given by a lower triangular matrix via
+-- forward substitution.
+forwardSub :: Fractional a => Matrix a -> Vector a -> Vector a
+forwardSub lower bV =
+  forwardSub' lower bV (V.empty)
+  where
+    forwardSub' lower bV xV 
+      | nrows lower == 0 = xV
+      | otherwise = 
+        let curRow = getRow 1 lower 
+            offset = V.length xV
+            lm   =  getRow 1 lower V.! offset
+            curB = V.head bV  
+            negSum = curRow `dotProduct` xV
+            curX = (curB - negSum) / lm
+        in
+        forwardSub' (submatrix 2 (nrows lower) 1 (ncols lower) lower) 
+                    (V.tail bV) 
+                    (V.snoc xV curX)
+
+
+-- | Solves a linear equality system @A x = b@ given by an upper triangular matrix via
+-- backward substitution.
+backwardSub :: Fractional a => Matrix a -> Vector a -> Vector a
+backwardSub upper bV =
+  backwardSub' upper bV V.empty (nrows upper)
+  where
+    backwardSub' upper bV xV i 
+      | nrows upper == 0 = xV
+      | i<=0             = xV
+      | otherwise = 
+        let curRow = snd $ V.splitAt i $ getRow i upper 
+            lm   =  (getRow i upper) V.! (i-1)
+            curB  = bV V.! (i-1)
+            negSum = xV `dotProduct` curRow
+            curX = (curB - negSum) / lm
+        in
+        backwardSub' upper bV (curX `V.cons` xV) (i-1)
+          
+-- | Compute the inverse of  matrix. Throws 'AssertionFailed' if the matrix is
+-- not invertible. 
+inverse :: (Ord a,Fractional a) => Matrix a -> Matrix a
+inverse mat = 
+  let mInv = luDecomp mat
+  in 
+  case mInv of 
+    Nothing -> throw $ AssertionFailed "inverse: matrix is not invertible!"
+    Just (upper,lower,pmatrix,_) -> 
+      let m = nrows mat
+          bVecs = [ getCol i (identity m) | i <- [1..m] ]
+          columnsOfInverse = flip map bVecs $ \bV ->
+            let yV = forwardSub lower (getCol 1 $ pmatrix * colVector bV)
+                xV = backwardSub upper yV
+            in colVector xV
+      in 
+      foldr (<|>) (fromLists [[]]) columnsOfInverse
+
+  
+-- | Construct a Vandermonde matrix. The i-th list element is the i-th seed of 
+-- the geometric progression of the i-th row.
+vandermonde :: Int -> [FField] -> FMatrix
+vandermonde m is = matrix (length is) m $ \(i,j) -> (fromIntegral i)^(fromIntegral $ j-1)
+
+-- | Create an nxm Vandermonde matrix. /O(n m)/.
+vmatrix :: Int -> Int -> FMatrix
+vmatrix numFragments m = vandermonde m [1..fromIntegral numFragments]
+
+
diff --git a/src/Data/IDA/Internal.hs b/src/Data/IDA/Internal.hs
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-- |
+-- Module      :  Data.IDA.Internal
+-- Copyright   :  Peter Robinson 2014
+-- License     :  LGPL
+-- 
+-- Maintainer  :  Peter Robinson <peter.robinson@monoid.at>
+-- Stability   :  experimental
+-- Portability :  portable
+--
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveDataTypeable, ScopedTypeVariables, DeriveGeneric #-}
+module Data.IDA.Internal 
+where
+import Data.ByteString( ByteString )
+import qualified Data.ByteString as B
+import Data.Vector(Vector,(!))
+import qualified Data.Vector as V
+import Data.Array( array )
+import qualified Data.Array as A
+import Control.Exception
+import Data.Typeable
+import Data.Binary( Binary )
+import GHC.Generics
+import qualified Data.Matrix as M
+
+import Data.IDA.FiniteField
+import qualified Data.FiniteField.PrimeField as PF
+
+
+   
+
+-- | A fragment of the original data.
+data Fragment = Fragment 
+  { fragmentId  :: !Int          -- ^ index of this fragment 
+  , trailLength :: !Int             -- ^ number of symbols added to the original message
+  , reconstructionThreshold :: !Int -- ^ number of fragments required for reconstruction
+  , theContent :: ![FField]         -- ^ the encoded content of the fragment
+  , msgLength  :: !Int              -- ^ length of the original message
+  }
+  deriving(Typeable,Show,Eq,Generic)
+
+instance Binary Fragment
+
+
+-- | Takes a message (a bytestring) and yields 'n' fragments such that any 'm' of
+-- them are sufficient for reconstructing the original message.
+encode :: Int -- ^ m: we need ≥ 'm' fragments to reconstruct the original message
+       -> Int -- ^ n: total number of fragments  into which we are going to 
+              --   split the message; 'n' ≥ 'm'
+       -> ByteString -- ^ the original message
+       -> [Fragment] -- ^ 'n' fragments
+encode m numFragments msg 
+  | numFragments >= 1021 && numFragments <1 = 
+      throw $ AssertionFailed "encode: invalid number of fragments."
+  | otherwise =
+  let (intseq,trailLen) = toIntVec m msg 
+      len = V.length intseq 
+      blocks = V.fromList $ groupInto m intseq 
+      vm = vmatrix numFragments m 
+      c i k = dotProduct (M.getRow i vm) (blocks ! (k-1)) -- product M.! (i,k) 
+      content i = [ c i j 
+                  | j <- [ 1 .. ceiling $ fromIntegral len / fromIntegral m ]
+                  ] in
+  [ Fragment { fragmentId = i 
+          , trailLength = trailLen 
+          , reconstructionThreshold = m 
+          , theContent = content i  
+          , msgLength = len 
+          } 
+  | i <- [1 .. numFragments]
+  ]
+   
+-- | Takes a list of at least m fragments (where 'm' is the reconstruction 
+-- threshold used for 'encode') and tries to reconstruct the original message.
+-- Throws an 'AssertionFailed' exception if there are less than m fragments
+-- or if the fragments belong to a different message.
+decode :: [Fragment] 
+       -> ByteString
+decode [] = throw $ AssertionFailed 
+      "decode: need at least m fragments for reconstruction."
+decode pss@(p:_) 
+  | length pss < reconstructionThreshold p = throw $ AssertionFailed 
+      "decode: need at least m fragments for reconstruction."
+  | otherwise =
+  let m = reconstructionThreshold p 
+      idxs = map fragmentId (take m pss) 
+      n = maximum idxs 
+      fragments :: [Vector FField]
+      fragments = map (V.fromList . theContent) (take m pss)
+      idxVec = V.fromList idxs 
+      vecA = M.matrix m m $ \(i,j) -> 
+                 vmatrix n m M.! (idxVec!(i-1),j) 
+      matrixBInv = inverse vecA 
+      colVecR :: Vector FMatrix 
+      colVecR = V.fromList 
+                  [  M.transpose $ M.fromLists [ map (! (k-1)) fragments ] 
+                  | k <- [1..V.length (head fragments)] 
+                  ]  
+      idxList = [(j,k) | k <- [1..V.length (head fragments)], j <- [1..m]] 
+      matrixBInvTimesColVecr = array ((1,1),(V.length (head fragments),m)) 
+        [ ((k,j),head $ 
+          array (1,m) (zip [1..] $ M.toLists $ matrixBInv 
+                                               *
+                                               (colVecR ! (k-1))) A.! j) 
+        | k <- [1..V.length (head fragments)], j <- [1..m]] 
+      mCont :: [FField]
+      mCont = map (\(j,k) -> matrixBInvTimesColVecr A.! (k,j)) idxList in
+  fromIntVec (msgLength p - trailLength p) $ V.fromList mCont
+
+
+-- | Takes an integer m and a bytestring and converts the bytestring into a
+-- 'Vector Word8', appending 0s at the end such that the length is dividable by
+-- m.
+toIntVec :: Int -> ByteString -> (Vector FField,Int)
+toIntVec m bStr = 
+  let len = B.length bStr in
+  let trailLen = if (len `mod` m) == 0 then 0
+                                       else ((len `div` m)+1)*m - len in 
+  let bStrApp = bStr `B.append` B.pack (replicate trailLen 0) in
+  (V.fromList $ map fromIntegral $ B.unpack bStrApp,trailLen)
+
+
+-- | Converts a bytestring to a 'Vector Word8', removing the trailing 0s.
+fromIntVec :: Int -> Vector FField -> ByteString
+fromIntVec originalLength intVec = 
+  B.pack $ map (fromInteger . PF.toInteger . number) $ V.toList $ V.slice 0 originalLength intVec
+
+
+-- | Splits a vector into lists of the given size. O(vector-length \/ size).
+groupInto :: Int -> Vector a -> [Vector a]
+groupInto size as =
+  let (fs,ss) = V.splitAt size as in
+  if V.null ss 
+    then [fs]
+    else  fs : groupInto size ss
+
diff --git a/tests/Tests.hs b/tests/Tests.hs
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+module Main
+where
+import Data.Monoid
+import Test.Framework
+import Test.Framework.Providers.QuickCheck2
+import Test.QuickCheck
+import Data.Maybe
+import GHC.Conc
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BL
+import qualified Data.IDA as IDA
+import qualified Crypto.IDA as SecretIDA
+
+instance Arbitrary BS.ByteString where
+    arbitrary   = fmap BS.pack arbitrary
+instance Arbitrary BL.ByteString where
+    arbitrary   = fmap BL.pack arbitrary
+
+main :: IO ()
+main = do 
+  defaultMainWithOpts
+       [ testProperty "IDAencodingDecoding" propIDAEncodingDecoding
+       , testProperty "SecretIDAencodingDecoding" propSecretIDAEncodingDecoding
+       ] mempty  
+
+        
+
+-- | Input: bytestring b, list of booleans.
+-- First, encode b, then randomly select sufficiently many fragments according to
+-- the boolean list, finally decode these fragments and check if the original
+-- bytestring is matched.
+propIDAEncodingDecoding bstr blist = 
+  let frags = IDA.encode 10 40 bstr in
+  let chosen = fst $ unzip $ filter snd $ zip frags blist in
+  if length chosen < 10 
+    then True
+    else bstr == IDA.decode chosen 
+
+
+-- | Input: bytestring b, list of booleans.
+-- First, encode b, then randomly select sufficiently many fragments according to
+-- the boolean list, finally decode these fragments and check if the original
+-- bytestring is matched.
+propSecretIDAEncodingDecoding bstr blist = ioProperty $ do
+  frags <- SecretIDA.encode 5 30 Nothing bstr
+  let chosen = fst $ unzip $ filter snd $ zip frags blist 
+  if length chosen < 5 
+    then return True
+    else 
+      return $ bstr == SecretIDA.decode chosen
+
