• remove hotsbits, since it is retired since 1st Jan 2023
• update various dependencies
• update to github actions & sonaqube
• add OWASP dependency checker
• fix lots of typos and minor bugs

Changelog

• use better implementations of Base64 and Hex encoder
• Improve file writing speed by using bufferedOutputStream (~ +10% faster)
• add version commit hash to cli output
• add entropy hash to external sources
• increase maximum chunk size of single random to 4 KiB from 1 Kib (~ +20% better bandwidth)
• add nanoseconds request time as weak entropy source when using online seeding
• update random.org API key and endpoint

Known Issues

• #1 Tool does not exit when using external seeds in Java 10

Statistical Report

• https://github.com/patrickfav/dice/blob/master/misc/reports/1.6.0/2019_04_07_10GB.md

Changelog

• enhance img encoder using block symbols
• make anu quantum external rng optional (very slow)
• switch to maven wrapper (using maven 3.6.0)
• fix Base85 encoder claiming it is url-safe
• add checkstyle

Known Issues

• #1 Tool does not exit when using external seeds in Java 10

Statistical Report

• https://github.com/patrickfav/dice/blob/master/misc/reports/1.5.0/2018_11_30_10GB.md

Changelog

• fix exe launcher starting on java9/10
• add js encoder to list of supported encoders

Known Issues

• #1 Tool does not exit when using external seeds in Java 10

Statistical Report

• https://github.com/patrickfav/dice/blob/master/misc/reports/1.4.1/2018_06_23_10GB.md

Changelog

• update a lot of internal dependencies
• add check for entropy with counter to fail execution if they overflow
• add image encoder
• add javascript encoder in addition to node (uses Uint8Array instead of Buffer)
• improve column rendering (cli out)
• add bc threaded seed generator

Known Issues

• Windows launcher won't work with Java9/10

Changelog

• support max output of 10Gib (instead of 1 Gib)
• use at.favre.lib:hkdf HKDF implementation
• additional expand user input seed with hkdf

Known Issues

• Windows launcher won't work with Java9/10

Statistical Report

• https://github.com/patrickfav/dice/blob/master/misc/reports/1.3.0/2017_10_04_10GB.md

Changelog

• add debug info for entropy sources
• add threaded seed generator
• update icon
• update seed parser to interpret as Long if 64-bit integer
• Various small fixes and enhancements

Statistical Report

• https://github.com/patrickfav/dice/blob/master/misc/reports/1.2.0/2017_10_01_10GB.md

• support of large file output (10+ GiB) with procedural output
• Various small fixes and enhancements

Changelog

• use NIST SP800-90Ar1 HMAC-DRBG
• use multiple entropy sources
• add line break every X lines of output
• add Base58 and Base26
• add crc32 check feature
• add random.org signature verification
• add hotbits and anu quantum external true random source with parallel network calls
• add file output feature

Statistical Report

• https://github.com/patrickfav/dice/blob/master/misc/reports/1.0.0/2017_09_27_10GB.md

• robot mode
• signed jar