CHAPTER 5
STATISTICAL TESTS
THIS CHAPTER describes various statistical tests which are often used to assess the strength and weaknesses of an encipherment system. Included are the tests suggested by the National Institute of Standards used in validating the new Advanced Encryption Standard. Diagnosis, the problem of inferring the method of cryptographic encipherment, is formulated and illustrated.
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