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FIPS

NIST is pleased to announce the approval of the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) for the Advanced Encryption Standard, FIPS-197. This standard specifies Rijndael as a FIPS-approved symmetric encryption algorithm that may be used by U.S. Government organizations (and others) to protect sensitive information. Federal agencies should also see OMB guidance.

• Federal Register Announcement of the FIPS.
  
• FIPS 197 [PS][PDF]
  

Additional AES information

• Rijndael (AES algorithm) Information
• NIST's Press Release and Report on the AES Selection
• AES OIDs and ASN.1 module
  
  
• Archived AES home pages (papers, comments, conferences, etc.)
  
  
• Overview of the AES development effort
  
  
• AES4 Conference information is now availale.

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Last updated: December 4, 2001
Page created: February 28, 2001 

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