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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.


==Links==
 
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/analysis/ent-os2.zip ent-os2.zip] (Jan 2003)


[[Category:Analysis]]
[[Category:Analysis]]

Revision as of 19:18, 5 June 2020

Ent
Version (Jan 2008)
Vendor
Author John Walker
License
Download ent-os2.zip
Website

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.