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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] hwrng: iproc-rng200 - Set the quality value
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It was <2020-05-15 pią 00:18>, when Lukasz Stelmach wrote:
> It was <2020-05-14 czw 22:20>, when Stephan Mueller wrote:
>> Am Donnerstag, 14. Mai 2020, 21:07:33 CEST schrieb Łukasz Stelmach:
>>
>> Hi Łukasz,
>>
>>> The value has been estimaded by obtainig 1024 chunks of data 128 bytes
>>> (1024 bits) each from the generator and finding chunk with minimal
>>> entropy using the ent(1) tool. The value was 6.327820 bits of entropy
>>> in each 8 bits of data.
>>
>> I am not sure we should use the ent tool to define the entropy
>> level. Ent seems to use a very coarse entropy estimation.
>>
>> I would feel more comfortable when using other measures like SP800-90B
>> which even provides a tool for the analysis.
>>
>> I understand that entropy estimates, well, are estimates. But the ent
>> data is commonly not very conservative.
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/usnistgov/SP800-90B_EntropyAssessment

[...]

> Anyway. I collected 1024 files 1024 bits each once again and ran the
> following tests
>
> for f in exynos-trng/random*; do ./ea_iid "$f" | grep ^min; done | sort | head -1
> for f in rng200/random*; do ./ea_iid "$f" | grep ^min; done | sort | head -1
>
> For both RNGs I got the same
>
> min(H_original, 8 X H_bitstring): 3.393082

Oddly enough I've got the same number for other random sources on my x86

| Source | ea_iid -i | ea_iid -c (h') | ent |
|--------------+-----------+----------------+----------|
| /dev/random | 3.393082 | 0.768654 | 6.300399 |
| /dev/urandom | 3.393082 | 0.759161 | 6.348562 |
| tpm-rng | 3.393082 | 0.735722 | 6.323990 |
| exynos-trng | 3.393082 | 0.687825 | 6.327820 |
| rng200 | 3.393082 | 0.740376 | 6.291959 |

I suspect 1024 bits is too little for ea_iid to give a meaningfull
result. BTW ent results also seem a little oddly low for crng. Any
thoughs?

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Łukasz Stelmach
Samsung R&D Institute Poland
Samsung Electronics
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