From: Blake Coverett <blake@bcdev.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1996 20:37:30 +0800
To: "cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: RE: Entropy Estimator
Message-ID: <01BB28AF.778AE600@bcdev.com>
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> them.  So far, the results have been consistent within 20%.  EXE's show 3-4
> entropy bits/byte, ZIP files show 6-7, and DLL's and text files show 1-2.

Hmm... EXEs have twice the average entropy of DLLs??

The structural difference between an EXE and a DLL is
a single flag in the header.  I suspect that either your sample
inputs are highly non-representative or your algorithm for
estimating entropy is badly flawed.

regards,
-Blake