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Vulnerability Development: Re: Data Entropy Tool

Re: Data Entropy Tool

From: Tom Vier <tmv_at_comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 16:25:57 -0500

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 04:20:24AM -0000, davidribyrne_at_yahoo.com wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a tool or library for measuring data entropy? Pass it a string, it returns a score.

fwiw: If you just need a rough comparison, compress the output. The lower
the compression ratio, the higher the entropy. 

-- 
Tom Vier <tmv_at_comcast.net>
DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE
Received on Mar 24 2006
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