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Advanced Encryption Standard
(redirected from FIPS 197)

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(cryptography, algorithm)Advanced Encryption Standard - (AES) The NIST's replacement for the Data Encryption Standard (DES). The Rijndael /rayn-dahl/ symmetric block cipher, designed by Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen, was chosen by a NIST contest to be AES.

AES is Federal Information Processing Standard FIPS-197.

AES currently supports 128, 192 and 256-bit keys and encryption blocks, but may be extended in multiples of 32 bits.

http://csrc.nist.gov/CryptoToolkit/aes/.

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It uses full-strength PKI technology and the FIPS 197 approved AES encryption algorithm at its strongest key length of 256 bits.
It uses full-strength PKI technology and the FIPS 197 approved AES encryption algorithm at its strongest key length of 256 bits.
Successful completion of the AES validation tests is required to claim conformance to the AES as specified in FIPS 197.
 
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