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The '''Advanced Encryption Standard''', or '''AES''' is a specification for a [[block cipher]], approved as FIPS 197 by the U.S. government after a public process, which succeeded the weaker [[Data Encryption Standard]]. | |||
Starting in the late 90s, the US [[National Institute of Standards and Technology]] ran a [[AES contest |contest]] to find a block cipher to replace DES. The result is the Advanced Encryption Standard. | |||
In October 2002, they announced [http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/releases/g00-176.htm] the winner — '''Rijndael''' (pronounced approximately "rhine doll"), from two Belgian designers. The NIST page on AES [http://csrc.nist.gov/archive/aes/rijndael/wsdindex.html] has much detail. | |||
Revision as of 03:34, 26 October 2008
Template:TOC-right The Advanced Encryption Standard, or AES is a specification for a block cipher, approved as FIPS 197 by the U.S. government after a public process, which succeeded the weaker Data Encryption Standard.
Starting in the late 90s, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology ran a contest to find a block cipher to replace DES. The result is the Advanced Encryption Standard.
In October 2002, they announced [1] the winner — Rijndael (pronounced approximately "rhine doll"), from two Belgian designers. The NIST page on AES [2] has much detail.