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Advanced Encryption Standard

Joan Daemen and Vincent Rijmen · 1998

AES is a narrow, standardised, symmetric cipher mandated by NIST in 2001. It works reliably only when implemented correctly. It solves no problems beyond confidentiality of bulk data under fixed parameters. It demands careful key handling and side-channel mitigation — which it does not provide.