PACKAGE NAME: ent-20080128-i586-1salix15.0.txz PACKAGE LOCATION: ./salix/academic PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 26 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 104 K PACKAGE REQUIRED: PACKAGE CONFLICTS: PACKAGE SUGGESTS: PACKAGE DESCRIPTION: ent: ent (pseudorandom number sequence test program) ent: ent: ent applies various tests to sequences of bytes stored in files ent: and reports the results of those tests. The program is useful ent: for evaluating pseudorandom number generators for encryption and ent: statistical sampling applications, compression algorithms, and other ent: applications where the information density of a file is of interest. ent: Tests performed include Entropy, Chi-square, Arithmetic Mean, Monte ent: Carlo value for Pi, and Serial Correlation Coefficient. ent: ent: