Algebraic Aspects of the Advanced Encryption Standard

The Belgian block cipher Rijndael was chosen in 2000 by the U.S. government's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to be the successor to the Data Encryption Standard. Rijndael was subsequently standardized as the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), which is potentially the world's most important block cipher. In 2002, some new analytical techniques were suggested that may have a dramatic effect on the security of the AES. Existing analytical techniques for block ciphers depend heavily on a statistical approach, whereas these new techniques are algebraic in nature.
Algebraic Aspects of the Advanced Encryption Standard, appearing five years after publication of the AES, presents the state of the art for the use of such algebraic techniques in analyzing the AES.
The primary audience for this work includes academic and industry researchers in cryptology; the book is also suitable for advanced-level students.

List of contents

to the AES.- Mathematical Background.- Description of the AES.- Algebraic Properties of the AES.- Equation Systems for the AES.- Analysis of AES Equation Systems.- Closing Remarks.

Summary

Presents information on the use of several algebraic techniques in analyzing the AES. This book is useful for academic and industry researchers in cryptology as well as for advanced-level students.

Product details

• Authors: Carlo Cid, Carlos Cid, Sea Murphy, Sean Murphy, Matthew Robshaw, Matthew J. B. Robshaw
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 06.11.2006
• EAN: 9780387243634
• ISBN: 978-0-387-24363-4
• No. of pages: 148
• Weight: 396 g
• Illustrations: VIII, 148 p.
• Series: Advances in Information Security
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; B, computer science, Data Structures and Information Theory, Mathematical Applications in Computer Science, Algebraic Geometry, Algorithms & data structures, Mathematical & statistical software, Coding and Information Theory, Information theory, Coding theory & cryptology, Coding theory, Computer science—Mathematics, Maths for computer scientists, Math Applications in Computer Science, Data structures (Computer science), Data encryption, Data encryption (Computer science), Cryptology