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Entropy

Posted: 17 May 2023 21:27
by fzabkar
Would it be possible to add a feature to calculate the entropy over a range of bytes? This would be useful in determining whether data is truly random, which in turn would help to discern whether a block of data could be a digital signature or AV data.

The algorithm can be seen in this code:

http://users.on.net/~fzabkar/FreeBasic_ ... ntropy.bas