[talk] Testing Hardware RNG

[jpb]

On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 11:09:01 -0500
George Rosamond <george at ceetonetechnology.com> wrote:

> 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
> 

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https://henric.org/ may be informative.

Jim B.