I was going to write a fairly lengthy post about the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption and how it works, but when doing my research I found an excellent video presentation series by Patrick Townsend of Townsend Security and thought I would share this excellent find with you.
I recently wrote a short series on using encryption algorithms in .NET and one of the posts talked about AES, as-well as RSA, Random Number Generation and Hashing and combining multiple cryptographic protocols to create hybrid encryption algorithms.
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) Series by Patrick Townsend of Townsend Security
The series starts of by talking about what encryption is and then goes on about why you should use the AES encryption algorithm, how you should approach key management, and digging into more advanced detail on how the algorithm works including the different modes of encryption.
The videos are pretty product transparent; at the end of the day Townsend Security wants you to buy their encryption products, and they do talk about about them a little, but this series is not about their products, it is about the AES standard itself. I highly recommend watching the entire series if you want to learn more about how this encryption works as it is used pretty much everywhere these days.
Introduction to AES Encryption – Part 1
Introduction to AES Encryption – Part 2 : Symmetric Encryption
Introduction to AES Encryption – Part 3 : How Does AES Work
Introduction to AES Encryption – Part 4 : Encryption Keys
Introduction to AES Encryption – Part 5 : Where to Get AES Encryption
Introduction to Key Management
Advanced AES – Part 1 : Encryption Performance
Advanced AES – Part 2 : Padding
Advanced AES – Part 3 : Masking / Obscuring Data
Modes of AES Encryption – Part 1 : What are Modes of Encryption
Modes of AES Encryption – Part 2 : Output Feed Back Mode
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