PACKAGE NAME: ent-20080128-i486-1_slack.txz PACKAGE MIRROR: http://slackonly.com/pub/packages/14.1-x86/ PACKAGE LOCATION: ./academic/ent PACKAGE SIZE (compressed): 28 K PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed): 60 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: