Almaraz Luengo E, Cerna M B L, Villalba L J G, et al, 2022, ‘Critical Analysis of Hypothesis Tests in Federal Information Processing Standard (140-2)’ Entropy 24 613 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/e24050613
This work presents an analysis of the existing dependencies between the tests of the FIPS 140-2 battery. Two main analytical approaches are utilized, the first being a study of correlations through the Pearson’s correlation coefficient that detects linear dependencies, and the second one being a novel application of the mutual information measure that allows detecting possible non-linear relationships. In order to carry out this study, the FIPS 140-2 battery is reimplemented to allow the user to obtain p-values and statistics that are essential for more rigorous end-user analysis of random number generators (RNG).
