User's Guide to Running the Draft NIST SP 800-90B Entropy Estimation Suite

McKay, Kerry

White Paper

User's Guide to Running the Draft NIST SP 800-90B Entropy Estimation Suite

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Date Published: May 12, 2016

Author(s)

Kerry McKay (NIST)

Abstract

This is a brief introduction on how to run the Python command-line programs (hosted on GitHub at
https://github.com/usnistgov/SP800-90B_EntropyAssessment) that implement the statistical entropy estimation methods found in Section 6 of the Second Draft NIST SP 800-90B (January 2016). It is not a description or explanation of the methods themselves. Please refer to the draft SP for definitions and descriptions of the methods and their rationales.

This is a brief introduction on how to run the Python command-line programs (hosted on GitHub at https://github.com/usnistgov/SP800-90B_EntropyAssessment) that implement the statistical entropy estimation methods found in Section 6 of the Second Draft NIST SP 800-90B (January 2016). It is not a... See full abstract

Keywords

random bit generation; entropy estimation; random number generation

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Publication:
Paper

Supplemental Material:
GitHub site (other)

Related NIST Publications:
SP 800-90B

Document History:
05/12/16: White Paper (Final)

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cryptography