title: Report on the Development of the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).
abstract: In 1997, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) initiated a process to select a symmetric-key encryption algorithm to be used to protect sensitive (unclassified) Federal information in furtherance of NIST's statutory responsibilities. In 1998, NIST announced the acceptance of 15 candidate algorithms and requested the assistance of the cryptographic research community in analyzing the candidates. This analysis included an initial examination of the security and efficiency characteristics for each algorithm. NIST reviewed the results of this preliminary research and selected MARS, RC™, Rijndael, Serpent and Twofish as finalists. Having reviewed further public analysis of the finalists, NIST has decided to propose Rijndael as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). The research results and rationale for this selection are documented in this report.
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Nechvatal
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Barker
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Bassham
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Burr
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.
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authors: M
authors: Dworkin
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Foti
authors: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8930.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Roback
keywords: Advanced Encryption Standard (AES); Rijndael; cryptanalysis; cryptographic algorithms; cryptography; encryption