Advanced Encryption Standard
Evaluation Criteria for AES
The AES Cipher
Review Questions
What was the original set of criteria used by NIST to evaluate candidate AES ciphers?
What was the final set?
What is the power analysis?
What is the difference between Rijndael and AES?
What is the purpose of the state array?
How is the S-Box constructed?
Briefly describe Sub Bytes.
Briefly describe Shift Rows.
How many bytes in State are affected by Shift Rows?
Briefly describe Mix Columns.
Briefly describe Add Round Key.
Breifly describe the key expansion algorithm.
What is the difference between Sub Bytes and Sub Word?
What is the difference between Shift Rows and Rot Word?
What is the difference between teh AES decryption algorithm and the equivalent inverse cipher?