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| 6 | * Basic AES | 6 | * Basic AES |
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| 8 | If you're not familiar with encryption techniques, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard][AES]] is the *Advanced | 8 | If you're not familiar with encryption techniques, the Advanced Encryption |
| 9 | Encryption Standard*. The National Institute of Standards and Technology | 9 | Standard ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Encryption_Standard][AES]]) is a specification for encryption of electronic data. The |
| 10 | established this specification, sub-selected from the Rijndael family of ciphers | 10 | National Institute of Standards and Technology established this specification, |
| 11 | (128, 192, and 256 bits) in 2001. Furthering its popularity and status, the US | 11 | sub-selected from the Rijndael family of ciphers (128, 192, and 256 bits) |
| 12 | government chose AES as their default encryption method for top-secret data, | 12 | in 2001. Furthering its popularity and status, the US government chose AES as |
| 13 | removing the previous standard which had been in place since 1977. | 13 | their default encryption method for top-secret data, removing the previous |
| 14 | standard which had been in place since 1977. | ||
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| 15 | AES has proven to be a safe encryption method, with 7-round and 8-round attacks | 16 | AES has proven to be a safe encryption method, with 7-round and 8-round attacks |
| 16 | making no material improvements since the release of this encryption standard | 17 | making no material improvements since the release of this encryption standard |