An AES (Rijndael) Implementation in C/C++ (as specified in FIPS-197)
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The source code files are as follows:

1. aes.h:       the header file required to use AES in C
2. aescpp.h     the header file required to use AES in C++
3. aescrypt.c   the main C source code file for encryption and decryption
4. aeskey.c     the main C source code file for the key schedule
5. aestab.c     the main file for the AES tables
6. aesopt.h     the file for common code and for setting build options
7. aescrypt.asm a faster alternative to 3 above in assembler (using NASM)
8. aescrypp.c   an alternative to 3 for all Rijndael block and key sizes 
9. aeskeypp.c   an alternative to 4 for all Rijndael block and key sizes 
10.aesxam.c     an example of AES use

Source files 8 and 9 are much slower than 4 and 5 for normal use and
should not be used unless support for 20 and 28 byte blocks and keys
is necessary.  Files 4 and 5 provide support for block and key sizes
of 16, 24 and 32 bytes (fixed or variable) but the assemler code in 
file 7 only supports the 16 byte AES block length. It does, however,
offer the three key sizes when used with file 4. The use of files 4
and 5 (or 8 and 9) with variable block size should be avoided since 
the code is much faster when the block size is fixed.

The VC++ AES Development Project
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The VC++ SOlution contains the following sub-projects

1. aes_asm      this project tests the assembler code implementation
2. aes_dll      this project builds the DLL version
3. aes_gav      this project re-creates the test vector files and
                optionally checks them against a reference set
4. aes_rav      this project checks the values produced by the code
                against the values in the test vector files
5. aes_tmr      this project measures the speed of the code
6. aes_tst      this project is set up to test the extended version
                of Rijndael with block and key sizes of 16, 20, 24,
                28 and 32 bytes
7. aes_xam      this project builds the example of AES use in a 
                simple file encryption program
                
Note that the paths for the various directories have to be set up in 
aestst.h

The AES and Rijndael Test Vector Files
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These files fall in the following groups (where <nn> is a two digit
number):

1. ecbvk<nn>.txt  ECB vectors with variable key
2. ecbvt<nn>.txt  ECB vectors with variable text
3. ecbnk<nn>.txt  new ECB vectors with variable key 
4. ecbnt<nn>.txt  new ECB vectors with variable text
5. ecbme<nn>.txt  ECB monte carlo encryption test vectors
6. ecbmd<nn>.txt  ECB monte carlo decryption test vectors
7. cbcme<nn>.txt  CBC monte carlo encryption test vectors
8. cbcmd<nn>.txt  CBC monte carlo decryption test vectors

The first digit of the numeric suffix on the filename gives the 
block size in 32bit units and the second numeric digit gives the
key size.  For example, the file ecbvk44.txt provides the test 
vectors for ECB encryption with a 128 bit block size and a 128 
bit key size.

   Brian Gladman