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Advanced Encryption Standard
◮ NIST called for proposals for new standard in 1997
◮ Aims: security, efficient software/hardware
implementations, low memory requirements, parallel processing
◮ Candidate algorithms from around the world ◮ Rijndael chosen, standard called AES created in 2001
◮ AES:
◮ Block size: 128 bits (others possible) ◮ Key size: 128, 192, 256 bits ◮ Rounds: 10, 12, 14 (depending on key) ◮ Operations: XOR with round key, substitutions using
S-Boxes, mixing using Galois Field arithmetic
◮ Widely used in file encryption, network communications ◮ Generally considered secure ◮ See textbook for details (including S-AES)