A symmetric-key block cipher adopted as a United States federal standard in 2001, encrypting data in fixed-size blocks under a shared secret key; the most widely used cipher for protecting data at rest and in transit today.
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Core PrincipleA symmetric-key block cipher standard, based on the Rijndael cipher, that encrypts data in fixed 128-bit blocks using a secret key of 128, 192 or 256 bits, with the same key used for both encryption and decryption. 1 Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Advanced Encryption Standard
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is a specification for the encryption of electronic data established by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2001.
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The algorithm described by AES is a symmetric-key algorithm, meaning the same key is used for both encrypting and decrypting the data.
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The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known by its original name Rijndael (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈrɛindaːl], RAIN-dahl), is a specification for the encryption of electronic data established by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2001.
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