Re: Data Entropy Tool

[Shawn Fitzgerald <sargon97 () gmail com>]

David,

Well it depends on why you are trying to test the data.

You can uses the old FIPS 140 test battery. Basically some  
statistical tests.

This little program http://www.cryptool.com/ implements some of those  
statistical tests..

Cheers

On Mar 22, 2006, at 8:20 PM, davidribyrne () yahoo com wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a tool or library for measuring data entropy?  
> Pass it a string, it returns a score.
>
> Thanks,
> David Byrne
> davidribyrne () yahoo com