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.