NAME

       ea_restart - Run restart tests for entropy assesment

SYNOPSIS

       ea_restart [-i|-n] [-v] [-q] <file_name> [bits_per_symbol] <H_I>

DESCRIPTION

       Run restart tests for entropy assesment.

       <file_name>:  Must  be  relative  path  to  a  binary file with at least 1 million entries
              (samples), and in the "row dataset" format described in SP800-90B Section 3.1.4.1.

       [bits_per_symbol]: Must be between 1-8, inclusive.

       <H_I>: Initial entropy estimate.

       [-i|-n]: '-i' for IID data, '-n' for non-IID data. Non-IID is the default.

       -v: Optional verbosity flag for more output.

       -q: Quiet mode, less output to screen.

              Restart samples are assumed to be packed into 8-bit  values,  where  the  rightmost
              'bits_per_symbol' bits constitute the sample.

              This  program  performs  restart  testing  as  described  in Restart Tests (Section
              3.1.4). The data consists of 1000 restarts, each with 1000  samples.  The  data  is
              converted  to  rows  and  columns  as  described  Section 3.1.4.1. The sanity check
              (Section 3.1.4.3) and the validation test (Section 3.1.4.2) are performed  on  this
              data.

              If  the  restart  data  passes  the  sanity check and validation test, this program
              returns min(H_r, H_c, H_I), which is either the  validated  entropy  assessment  or
              used to derive 'h_in' if conditioning is used (Section 3.1.5).

       --version: Prints tool version information

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