[talk] Testing Hardware RNG

[George Rosamond]

On 1/24/25 09:47, Isaac (.ike) Levy wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> Does anyone have any good reccomendations for tools or process testing to find good RNG entropy?  Is Diehard still a thing, (Dieharder?)
> 
> Context:
> I recall quite some years back, folks here testing some hardware RNG's with me.
> 
> On a lark, a hardware person I know just whipped up some hardware RNG prototypes, still playing with them, (usb thingies spewing bits).
> 
> Anyhow, it's been a while, and I'm interested in testing and test methodology, but can't for the life of me remember how we tested quality of entropy before.
>

Others can reply to lines above, but I do vividly remember discussing
RNG testing for FIPS after some meeting....

I'll dive in a little deeper later, but I know there's others with
experiences on this.

g