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Ent attempts to measure the entropy (randomness) of a random number stream (file). The idea is to tell you if the data fails to meet certain tests of randomness. It reports compressibility as bits per byte and a percentage.
Ent attempts to measure the entropy (randomness) of a random number stream (file). The idea is to tell you if the data fails to meet certain tests of randomness. It reports compressibility as bits per byte and a percentage.


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Latest revision as of 18:37, 23 May 2025

Ent
Version (Jan 2008)
Vendor
Author John Walker
License Public Domain
Download ENT_2021-03-16.zip
Website [1]

Ent attempts to measure the entropy (randomness) of a random number stream (file). The idea is to tell you if the data fails to meet certain tests of randomness. It reports compressibility as bits per byte and a percentage.