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Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

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Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin, Elaine B. Barker, James R. Nechvatal, James Foti, Lawrence E. Bassham, E. Roback, James F. Dray Jr.

Abstract

The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) specifies a FIPS-approved cryptographic algorithm that can be used to protect electronic data. The AES algorithm is a symmetric block cipher that can encrypt (encipher) and decrypt (decipher) information. Encryption converts data to an unintelligible form called ciphertext; decrypting the ciphertext converts the data back into its original form, called plaintext. The AES algorithm is capable of using cryptographic keys of 128, 192, and 256 bits to encrypt and decrypt data in blocks of 128 bits.
Citation
Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS) - 197
Report Number
197
NIST Pub Series
Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Download Paper

https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.197
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Keywords

algorithm, block cipher, ciphertext, cryptographic algorithm, cryptographic keys, decryption, encryption
Federal information processing standards (FIPS)

Citation

Dworkin, M. , Barker, E. , Nechvatal, J. , Foti, J. , Bassham, L. , Roback, E. and Dray, J. (2001), Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), Federal Inf. Process. Stds. (NIST FIPS), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.FIPS.197 (Accessed September 24, 2023)

Created November 25, 2001, Updated March 1, 2021