README.md

Advanced Encryption Standard

Project1AES runs the AES protocol on a 128-, 192-, and 256-bit keys in Python.

Dependencies

• Python 3

Instructions

Program prints to the terminal. To redirect output to a file:

python3 Project1AES.py > output.txt

To check it against appendix_c.txt:

vimdiff output.txt appendix_c.txt

The only differences between the two files is the lack of the Equivalent Inverse Cipher sections, which was not implemented.

Sources Used

• FIPS Publication 197 is the official standard for AES. Each section in the requirements below will reference the appropriate section in this document.
• Useful arrays
• Unit tests
• Animation of AES on YouTube
• Stick figure guide to AES
• Wikipedia has a nice overview of AES