What is AES (Advanced Encryption System)?
Advanced Encryption Standard. A symmetric key encryption technique which replace the commonly used DES standard. It was the result of a worldwide call for submissions of encryption algorithms issued by NIST in 1997 and completed in 2000. The winning algorithm, Rijndael, was developed by two Belgian cryptologists, Vincent Rijmen and Joan Daemen. AES provides strong encryption in various environments: standard software platforms, limited space environments, and hardware implementations.
