Paper 2011/659 Original: eprint.iacr.org/2011/659 ↗
Formally Assessing Cryptographic Entropy
Abstract
Cryptography relies on the secrecy of keys. Measures of information, and thus secrecy, are called entropy. Previous work does not formally assess the cryptographically appropriate entropy of secret keys. This report defines several new forms of entropy appropriate for cryptographic situations. This report defines statistical inference methods appropriate for assessing cryptographic entropy.
Metadata
- Available format(s)
PDF- Category
- Foundations
- Publication info
- Preprint.
- History
- 2013-01-02: last updated
- 2011-12-09: published
- Short URL
- https://ia.cr/2011/659
- License
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
BibTeX
@misc{cryptoeprint:2011/659,
author = {Daniel R. L. Brown},
title = {Formally Assessing Cryptographic Entropy},
howpublished = {Cryptology {ePrint} Archive, Paper 2011/659},
year = {2011},
url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2011/659}
}