In October 2000, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology selected the block cipher Rijndael as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). AES is expected to gradually replace the present Data Encryption Standard (DES) as the most widely applied data encryption technology. This book by the designers of the block cipher presents Rijndael from scratch. The underlying mathematics and the wide trail strategy as the basic design idea are explained in detail and the basics of differential and linear cryptanalysis are reworked. Subsequent chapters review all known attacks against the Rijndael structure and deal with implementation and optimization issues. Finally, other ciphers related to Rijndael are presented. This book is THE authoritative guide to the Rijndael algorithm and AES. Professionals, researchers, and students active or interested in data encryption will find it a valuable source of information and reference.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Fast Software Encryption, FSE 2002, held in Leuven, Belgium in February 2002.The 21 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 70 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on blook cipher cryptoanalysis, integral cryptoanalysis, block cipher theory, stream cipher design, stream cipher cryptanalysis, and odds and ends.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Progress in Cryptology in Africa, AFRICACRYPT 2022, held in Fes, Morocco, from July 18th - 20th, 2022. The 25 papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 68 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on symmetric cryptography; attribute and identity based encryption; symmetric cryptanalysis; post-quantum cryptography; post-quantum (crypt)analysis; side-channel attacks; protocols and foundations; public key (crypt) analysis.

An authoritative and comprehensive guide to the Rijndael algorithm and Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). AES is expected to gradually replace the present Data Encryption Standard (DES) as the most widely applied data encryption technology. This book, written by the designers of the block cipher, presents Rijndael from scratch. The underlying mathematics and the wide trail strategy as the basic design idea are explained in detail and the basics of differential and linear cryptanalysis are reworked. Subsequent chapters review all known attacks against the Rijndael structure and deal with implementation and optimization issues. Finally, other ciphers related to Rijndael are presented.