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IPSEC_PARITYOFBUFFER

Section: C Library Functions (3)
Updated: 07 Dec 2003
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NAME

ipsec parityofbuffer - return difference of counts of 0-bits and 1-bits in a buffer  

SYNOPSIS

#include <freeswan.h>

int parityofbuffer(const unsigned char *buf, size_t len)  

DESCRIPTION

parityofbuffer counts the number of 0-bits and the number 1-bits in the bytes of the buffer.

The difference between the two counts is then computed, ones minus zeros. The result is returned.

This function may be of utility in discovering non-randomess in supposedly random sources.  

DIAGNOSTICS

 

HISTORY

Written for the FreeS/WAN project by Michael Richardson.


 

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