Advanced Encryption Standard

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Advanced Encryption Standard is a widely used symmetric block cipher standard that secures digital data in applications ranging from wireless networks to government communications.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf block cipher
encryption standard
symmetric-key algorithm
abbreviation Advanced Encryption Standard self-linksurface differs
surface form: AES
applicationDomain IPsec
TLS
Wi‑Fi security
database encryption
disk encryption
file encryption
government communications
virtual private networks
wireless networks
basedOnAlgorithm Rijndael
blockSize 128 bits
cipherStructure Substitution–permutation network
countryOfStandardization United States of America
surface form: United States
definedInStandard Advanced Encryption Standard self-linksurface differs
surface form: FIPS 197
designedBy Joan Daemen
Vincent Rijmen
encryptionType symmetric
modeOfOperation CBC
CCM
CFB
CTR
ECB
GCM
OFB
operatesOn binary data
predecessor DES
3DES
surface form: Data Encryption Standard
publicationDate 2001-11-26
replacedStandard Data Encryption Standard
roundsFor128BitKey 10
roundsFor192BitKey 12
roundsFor256BitKey 14
securityStatus no practical attacks known on full-round AES
standardizedBy National Institute of Standards and Technology
surface form: NIST

National Institute of Standards and Technology
status widely deployed
supportsKeySize 128 bits
192 bits
256 bits
usedInStandard Wi‑Fi Protected Access
surface form: IEEE 802.11i

IPsec
RFC 5246
surface form: TLS 1.2

RFC 8446
surface form: TLS 1.3

Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA2
surface form: WPA2

Wi‑Fi CERTIFIED WPA3
surface form: WPA3
usesOperation AddRoundKey
MixColumns
ShiftRows
SubBytes
yearOfDesign 1998

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Data Encryption Standard supersededBy Advanced Encryption Standard
Data Encryption Standard supersededBy Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES
CAST5 replacedByInNewSystems Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES
ARMv8 cryptographic extensions supportsAlgorithm Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES
OpenSSL supportsAlgorithm Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES
AES-Poly1305 usesCipher Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES
AES-Poly1305 cipherAlgorithmFamily Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES family
AES-Poly1305 confidentialityMechanism Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES encryption
NIST SP 800-38A appliesTo Advanced Encryption Standard
NIST SP 800-38A appliesTo Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES
NIST SP 800-38A relatedTo Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: FIPS 197
NIST SP 800-38A relatedTo Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES
AES-CCM usesCipher Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES
AES-CCM requiresBlockCipher Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES-192
OpenVPN supportsEncryption Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES
OpenSSH supportsEncryptionAlgorithm Advanced Encryption Standard
this entity surface form: AES
MTProto encryption protocol usesPrimitive Advanced Encryption Standard
subject surface form: MTProto
this entity surface form: AES
IEEE 802.11i encryptionAlgorithm Advanced Encryption Standard