AES

Advanced Encryption Standard

CSC 7002 Computer Security William Roche

http://ouray.cudenver.edu/~wrroche/Security/Presentation.html

Advanced Encryption Standard

Adopted by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on May 26, 2002. AES is a simple design, a high speed algorithm, with low memory costs. AES is a symmetric block cipher.
The same key is used to encrypt and decrypt the message. The plain text and the cipher text are the same size.

AES Block
AES has a fixed block size of 128 bits called a state

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
(ASCII)

41 42 43 44

45 46 47 48

49 4A 4B 4C

4D 4E 4F 50

AES Key
AES key is either 128 bits, 192 bits or 256 bits
128 bits (4 words): 11223344556677889900AABBCCDDEEFF

11 55 99 CC

22 66 00 DD

33 77 AA EE

44 88 BB FF

AES Key
or 192 bits (6 words) 1122334455667788 9900AABBCCDDEEFF 1122334455667788 11 55 99 CC 11 55 22 66 00 DD 22 66 33 77 AA EE 33 77 44 88 BB FF 44 88 or 256 bits (8 words) 1122334455667788 9900AABBCCDDEEFF 1122334455667788 9900AABBCCDDEEFF 11 55 99 CC 11 55 99 CC 22 66 00 DD 22 66 00 DD 33 77 AA EE 33 77 AA EE 44 88 BB FF 44 88 BB FF

Comparisons
Expanded Key Length Key Length Block Size Number of (words) (Nk words) (Nb words) Rounds Nr AES-128 4 44 4 10 AES-192 6 52 4 12 AES-256 8 60 4 14 4 10 Rijndael - 128 4 44 6 12 8 14 4 12 Rijndael - 192 6 52 6 12 8 14 4 14 Rijndael - 256 8 60 6 14 8 14 * 256 2 16 DES 2 * of 64 bits, only 56 are used

Security
The key security feature is the size of the key.
Assuming that one could build a machine that could recover a DES key in a second (i.e., try 255 keys per second), then it would take that machine approximately 149 thousand-billion (149 trillion) years to crack a 128-bit AES key. To put that into perspective, the universe is believed to be less than 20 billion years old.

Accepting Moore's Law, doubling processor speed every 18 months, AES will be secure for another 109.5 years.

AES Operations
AES Operates on the binary field GF(28).
This can be represented as a polynomial b(x) with binary coefficients b {0,1}: b7x7 + b6x6 + b5x5 + b4x4 + b3x3 + b2x2 + b1x + b0

Multiplication in GF(28) consists of multiplying two polynomials modulo an irreducible polynomial of degree 8.
AES uses the following irreducible polynomial m(x) = x8 + x4 + x3 + x + 1

AES Algorithm
KeyExpansion(byte key[4*Nk], word w[Nb*(Nr+1)],Nk) Cipher(byte in[4*Nb],byte out[4*Nb],word w[Nb*(Nr+1)]) begin byte state[4,Nb] state = in AddRoundKey(state, w[0, Nb-1]) for round = 1 step 1 to Nr1 SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) MixColumns(state) AddRoundKey(state,w[round*Nb,(round+1)*Nb-1]) end for SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) AddRoundKey(state, w[Nr*Nb, (Nr+1)*Nb-1]) out = state end

AES Algorithm
KeyExpansion(byte key[4*Nk], word w[Nb*(Nr+1)],Nk) Cipher(byte in[4*Nb],byte out[4*Nb],word w[Nb*(Nr+1)]) begin byte state[4,Nb] state = in AddRoundKey(state, w[0, Nb-1]) for round = 1 step 1 to Nr1 SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) MixColumns(state) AddRoundKey(state,w[round*Nb,(round+1)*Nb-1]) end for SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) AddRoundKey(state, w[Nr*Nb, (Nr+1)*Nb-1]) out = state end

AES Algorithm Key Expansion

Sample Key: 11223344556677889900AABBCCDDEEFF

The first 4 (Nk) words are set equal to the key

w[0] w[1] w[2] w[3]

11 55 99 CC

22 66 00 DD

33 77 AA EE

44 88 BB FF

AES Algorithm Key Expansion

For words 4 through 43 i = Nk // Nk = 4 while (i < Nb*(Nr+1)) { // Nb*(Nr+1)= 4*(10+1)= 44 temp = w[ i 1 ] If ( i%Nk == 0 ) rotate word left 1 byte process each byte through sbox XOR with RCON[i/Nk-1] // just first byte of w[i] w[ i ] = w[ i-4 ] XOR temp i++}

AES Algorithm Key Expansion

w[0] w[1] w[2] w[3] 11 55 99 CC 22 66 00 DD 33 77 AA EE 44 88 BB FF

i=4 i = Nk // Nk = 4 while (i < Nb*(Nr+1)) { // Nb*(Nr+1)= 4*(10+1)= 44 temp = w[ i - 1 ] temp = w[3] = CC DD EE FF

AES Algorithm Key Expansion

If ( i%Nk == 0 ) temp = CC DD EE FF temp = DD EE FF CC rotate word left 1 byte process each byte through sbox temp = sbox[DD] sbox[EE] sbox[FF] sbox[CC] = C1 28 16 4B XOR with RCON[i/Nk-1] RCON[0] = 01 temp = (C1 01) 28 16 4B temp = C0 28 16 4B

rCon round Constants Constants

i i x 0 0x01 1 0x02 Powers of x = 0x02 2 3 4 0x04 0x08 0x10 5 0x20 6 0x40 7 0x80

i xi

8 0x1b

Powers of x = 0x02 9 A B C 0x36 0x6c 0xd8 0xab

D 0x4d

E 0x9a

rCon can be implemented with a look-up-table 2i in GF(28) Removes symmetry and linearity from key expansion.

AES Algorithm Key Expansion

For words 4 through 43 i=4 i = Nk // Nk = 4 while (i < Nb*(Nr+1)) {// Nb*(Nr+1)= 4*(10+1)= 44 temp = W[i-1] If (i%Nk == 0) rotate word left 1 byte process each byte through sbox XOR with RCON[i] // just first temp = C0 element16 w 4B 28 of w[i] = w[i-4] XOR temp i++}

AES Algorithm Key Expansion

w[0] w[1] w[2] w[3] w[4] 11 55 99 CC D1 22 66 00 DD 0A 33 77 AA EE 25 44 88 BB FF 0F

i=4 temp = C0 28 16 4B w[i] = w[i-4] XOR temp w[4] = (11 C0) (22 28) (33 16) w[4] = D1 0A 25 0F (44 4B)

AES Algorithm Key Expansion

For words 4 through 43 i = Nk // Nk = 4 i=5 while (i < Nb*(Nr+1)) { // Nb*(Nr+1)= 4*(10+1)= 44 temp = w[i-1] temp = w[4] = D1 0A 25 0F If (i%Nk == 0) rotate word left 1 byte process each byte through sbox XOR with RCON[i/Nk-1] // just first element of W w[i] = w[i-4] XOR temp i++}

AES Algorithm Key Expansion

w[0] w[1] w[2] w[3] w[4] 11 55 99 CC D1 22 66 00 DD 0A 33 77 AA EE 25 44 88 BB FF 0F

i=5 temp = D1 0A 25 0F w[i] = w[i-4] XOR temp w[5] = (55 D1) (66 0A) (77 25) w[5] = 84 C6 52 87 (88 0F)

Beginning Key Expansion for: 11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 00 AA BB CC DD EE FF i subword rCon w[i-4]XORtemp w[i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

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43

C1 28 16 4B

C0 28 16 4B

C8 47 2E 3E

CA 47 2E 3E

B0 A9 3B ED

B4 A9 3B ED

92 D2 D3 F8

9A D2 D3 F8

76 27 C5 B1

66 27 C5 B1

90 66 40 A9

B0 66 40 A9

B8 68 E1 11

F8 68 E1 11

9C 0B 6C D4

1C 0B 6C D4

F2 D1 66 D6

E9 D1 66 D6

A0 D5 49 58

96 D5 49 58

AES Algorithm
KeyExpansion(byte key[4*Nk], word w[Nb*(Nr+1)],Nk) Cipher(byte in[4*Nb],byte out[4*Nb],word w[Nb*(Nr+1)]) begin byte state[4,Nb] state = in AddRoundKey(state, w[0, Nb-1]) for round = 1 step 1 to Nr1 SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) MixColumns(state) AddRoundKey(state,w[round*Nb,(round+1)*Nb-1]) end for SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) AddRoundKey(state, w[Nr*Nb, (Nr+1)*Nb-1]) out = state end

AES Algorithm
KeyExpansion(byte key[4*Nk], word w[Nb*(Nr+1)],Nk) Cipher(byte in[4*Nb],byte out[4*Nb],word w[Nb*(Nr+1)]) begin byte state[4,Nb] state = in AddRoundKey(state, w[0, Nb-1]) for round = 1 step 1 to Nr1 SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) MixColumns(state) AddRoundKey(state,w[round*Nb,(round+1)*Nb-1]) end for SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) AddRoundKey(state, w[Nr*Nb, (Nr+1)*Nb-1]) out = state end

AES Algorithm AddRoundKey

State
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F 50

Expanded Key w[0] w[4]

11 55 99 CC 22 66 00 DD 33 77 AA EE 44 88 BB FF

After AddRoundKey
41 42 43 44 11 22 33 44 45 46 47 48 55 66 77 88 49 4A 4B 4C 99 4D 00 4E AA 4F BB 50 CC DD EE FF 50 60 70 00 10 20 30 C0 D0 4A E1 F7 81 93 A1 AF

AES Algorithm
KeyExpansion(byte key[4*Nk], word w[Nb*(Nr+1)],Nk) Cipher(byte in[4*Nb],byte out[4*Nb],word w[Nb*(Nr+1)]) begin byte state[4,Nb] state = in AddRoundKey(state, w[0, Nb-1]) for round = 1 step 1 to Nr1 SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) MixColumns(state) AddRoundKey(state,w[round*Nb,(round+1)*Nb-1]) end for SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) AddRoundKey(state, w[Nr*Nb, (Nr+1)*Nb-1]) out = state end

AES Algorithm SubBytes

SubBytes is the SBOX for AES This make AES a non-linear cryptographic system. For every value of b there is a unique value for b
It is faster to use a substitution table (and easier).
b'0 b'1 b'2 b'3 b'4 b'5 b'6 b'7
x0 x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6 x7

1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0

0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0

0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0

0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1

1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1

1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1

1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1

1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0

x is the inverse value of the byte b

AES Algorithm SubBytes

Y 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 a b c d e f 0 63 ca b7 4 9 53 d0 51 cd 60 e0 e7 ba 70 e1 8c 1 7c 82 fd c7 83 d1 ef a3 0c 81 32 c8 78 3e f8 a1 2 77 c9 93 23 2c 0 aa 40 13 4f 3a 37 25 b5 98 89 3 7b 7d 26 c3 1a ed fb 8f ec dc 0a 6d 2e 66 11 0d 4 f2 fa 36 18 1b 20 43 92 5f 22 49 8d 1c 48 69 bf 5 6b 59 3f 96 6e fc 4d 9d 97 2a 6 d5 a6 3 d9 e6 6 6f 47 f7 5 5a b1 33 38 44 90 24 4e b4 f6 8e 42 7 c5 f0 cc 9a a0 5b 85 f5 17 88 5c a9 c6 0e 94 68 8 30 ad 34 7 52 6a 45 bc c4 46 c2 6c e8 61 9b 41 9 1 d4 a5 12 3b cb f9 b6 a7 ee d3 56 dd 35 1e 99 a 67 a2 e5 80 d6 be 2 da 7e b8 ac f4 74 57 87 2d b 2b af f1 e2 b3 39 7f 21 3d 14 62 ea 1f b9 e9 0f c fe 9c 71 eb 29 4a 50 10 64 de 91 65 4b 86 ce b0 d d7 a4 d8 27 e3 4c 3c ff 5d 5e 95 7a bd c1 55 54 e ab 72 31 b2 2f 58 9f f3 19 0b e4 ae 8b 1d 28 bb f 76 c0 15 75 84 cf a8 d2 73 db 79 8 8a 9e df 16

AES Algorithm SubBytes

State
50 60 70 00 10 20 30 C0 D0 4A E1 F7 81 93 A1 AF Sbox( 50 ) Sbox( 60 ) Sbox( 70 ) Sbox( 00 ) Sbox( 10 ) Sbox( D0 ) Sbox( 81 ) Sbox( 20 ) Sbox( 4A ) Sbox( 93 ) Sbox( 30 ) Sbox( E1 ) Sbox( A1 ) Sbox( C0 ) Sbox( F7 ) Sbox( AF )

53 D0 51 63

CA B7 04 BA

70 D6 F8 68

0C DC 32 79

AES Algorithm
KeyExpansion(byte key[4*Nk],word w[Nb*(Nr+1)],Nk) Cipher(byte in[4*Nb],byte out[4*Nb],word w[Nb*(Nr+1)]) begin byte state[4,Nb] state = in AddRoundKey(state, w[0, Nb-1]) for round = 1 step 1 to Nr1 SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) MixColumns(state) AddRoundKey(state,w[round*Nb,(round+1)*Nb-1]) end for SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) AddRoundKey(state, w[Nr*Nb, (Nr+1)*Nb-1]) out = state end

AES Algorithm ShiftRows

Simple routine which performs a left shift rows 1, 2 and 3 by 1, 2 and 3 bytes respectively
Before Shift Rows After Shift Rows

53 D0 51 63

CA B7 04 BA

70 D6 F8 68

0C DC 32 79

53 B7 F8 79

CA D6 32 63

70 DC 51 BA

0C D0 04 68

AES Algorithm
KeyExpansion(byte key[4*Nk], word w[Nb*(Nr+1)],Nk) Cipher(byte in[4*Nb],byte out[4*Nb],word w[Nb*(Nr+1)]) begin byte state[4,Nb] state = in AddRoundKey(state, w[0, Nb-1]) for round = 1 step 1 to Nr1 SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) MixColumns(state) AddRoundKey(state,w[round*Nb,(round+1)*Nb-1]) end for SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) AddRoundKey(state, w[Nr*Nb, (Nr+1)*Nb-1]) out = state end

AES Algorithm - MixColumns

This with shift rows provides diffusion The columns are considered polynomials over GF(28) and multiplied modulo x4+1 with a(x) where a(x) = {03}x3 + {01}x2 + {01}x + {02} NOTE: x4+1 is relatively prime to a(x) aj (aj*a(x))mod(x4+1) This can also be written as matrix multiplication. a0 a1 a2 a3 02 03 01 01 01 02 03 01 01 01 02 03 03 01 01 02 a0 a1 a2 a3

AES Algorithm - MixColumns

a0 a1 a2 a3

02 03 01 01 01 02 03 01 01 01 02 03 03 01 01 02

a0 a1 a2 a3

a0 = 2a0 + 3a11 +aa2 + 3 3 3a a 2 a a1 = a0 + 2a11 +3a2 2 + 3 3 2a 3a a a a 2a 3a3 a2 = a0 + a11 +2a2 2 + 3a3 a3 = 3a0 + a11 +aa2 + 2a3 a 2 2a3

Addition is easy in GF(28) : Addition is just the XOR operation Multiplication by 1 is easy in GF(28) : Multiplication by one is the identity Multiplication by 2 in GF(28) takes some work: . If multiplying by a value < 0x80 just shift all the bits left by 1 . If multiplying by a value 0x80 shift left by 1 and XOR with 0x1b . This prevents overflow and keeps the values within range To Multiply by 3 in GF(28) : a * 0x03 = a * (0x02 + 0x01) = (a * 0x02) (a * 0x01)

AES Algorithm
KeyExpansion(byte key[4*Nk], word w[Nb*(Nr+1)],Nk) Cipher(byte in[4*Nb],byte out[4*Nb],word w[Nb*(Nr+1)]) begin byte state[4,Nb] state = in AddRoundKey(state, w[0, Nb-1]) for round = 1 step 1 to Nr1 SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) MixColumns(state) AddRoundKey(state,w[round*Nb,(round+1)*Nb-1]) end for SubBytes(state) ShiftRows(state) AddRoundKey(state, w[Nr*Nb, (Nr+1)*Nb -1]) out = state end

Sample Conversions
Input String Key Output String (HEX) BC4784A37D6F46452656B993D53393F5 855866490543FDF6504FC84088FEDCA0 372CCA446C0D391C4381392344630EE1 ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP 11223344556677889900AABBCCDDEEFF ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP 01223344556677889900AABBCCDDEEFF ABCDEFFHIJKLMNOP 11223344556677889900AABBCCDDEEFF

Input String(HEX) 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000001

Key 00000000000000000000000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000001 00000000000000000000000000000001

Output String (HEX) 66E94BD4EF8A2C3B884CFA59CA342B2E 0545AAD56DA2A97C3663D1432A3D1C84 A17E9F69E4F25A8B8620B4AF78EEFD6F

AES Algorithm
Encryption
PlainText RoundKey AddRoundKey SubBytes ShiftRows MixColumns RoundKey AddRoundKey SubBytes ShiftRows RoundKey AddRoundKey CipherText Last Round RoundKey* Repeat Nr -1 Round 1st Round RoundKey*

Decryption
Cipher Text AddRoundKey InvShiftRows InvSubBytes RoundKey* AddRoundKey InvMixColumns InvShiftRows InvSubBytes AddRoundKey Last Round Repeat Nr -1 Round 1st Round

Plain Text * RoundKey Added in reverse order

Larger Plain Texts

How to avoid frequency analysis? Cipher Block Chaining

Padding
If plaintext messages are not divisible by 16 bytes. Padding may be a solution. An easy method is to add a single 1 bit at the end of the message followed by enough 0s to fill the block.
If the block is filled, encode one more block with a 1 followed by 0s.

Attacks on AES
Differential Cryptanalysis Study of how differences in input affect differences in output.
Greatly reduced due to high number of rounds.

Linear Cryptanalysis Study of correlations between input and output.

SBOX & Mix Columns are designed to frustrate Linear Analysis

Attacks on AES
Side Channel Attacks Attacks based on studying and measuring the actual implementation of the code.
For some implementations of AES the key has been obtained in under 100 minutes.
Computer running AES was 850MHz, Pentium III running FreeBSD 4.8

Types of Side Channel Attacks

Timing Attacks Watches movement of data in and out of the CPU or memory.
It is difficult to retrieve an array element in a time that is not dependent on the index value.

Power Attacks Watches power consumption by CPU or memory.

Changing one bit requires considerably less power than changing all bits in a byte.

Attack Precautions
Avoid use of arrays. Compute values in SBOX and rCon. Design algorithms and devices to work with constant time intervals. (independent of key and plaintext.)
Hidden CPU timing data is a threat.

Use same memory throughout, Cache is faster than DRAM Compute Key Expansion on the fly. Utilize pipelining to stabilize CPU power consumption.

Joan Daemen & Vincent Rijmens AES Selling Points

Extremely fast compared to other block ciphers. (tradeoff between size and speed) The round transformation is parallel by design. Important in dedicated hardware. Amenable to pipelining The cipher does not use arithmetic operations so has no bias towards big or little endian architectures.

Joan Daemen & Vincent Rijmens AES Selling Points

Fully Self-supporting. Does not use Sboxes of other ciphers, bits from Rand tables, digits of or any other such jokes. Is not based on obscure or not well understood processes The tight cipher design does not leave enough room to hide a trap door.

Joan Daemen & Vincent Rijmens AES Limitations

The inverse cipher is less suited to smart cards, as it takes more codes and cycles. The cipher and inverse cipher make use of different codes and/or tables. In hardware, The inverse cipher can only partially re-use circuitry which implements the cipher.

References
About AES AES Proposal : Rijndael Joan Daemen, Vincent Rijmen, 2nd version of document to NIST Polynomials in the Nations Service: Using Algebra to Design the Advanced Encryption Standard Susan Landau The Mathmatical Association of America, Monthly 111 Feb 2004 Page(s):89-117 Selecting the Advanced Encryption Standard Security & Privacy Magazine, IEEE Volume 1, Issue 2, Mar-Apr 2003 Page(s):43 - 52 Title: Introduction to Cryptography Author: Johannes A Buchman Publisher: Springer; 2 edition (July 13, 2004) Burr, W.E.;

References
Security and Attacking AES Power-analysis attack on an ASIC AES implementation Ors, S.B.; Gurkaynak, F.; Oswald, E.; Preneel, B.;Information Technology: Coding and Computing, 2004. Proceedings. ITCC 2004. International Conference onVolume 2, 2004 Page(s):546 - 552 Vol.2 Algebraic attacks on cipher systems Penzhorn, W.T.; AFRICON, 2004. 7th AFRICON Conference in Africa Volume 2, 2004 Page(s):969 - 974 Vol.2 Cache-Timing attacks on AES Daniel J Bernstein Preliminary version of report to National Science Foundation, grant CCR9983950

References
Applications / Implementations: AES A high throughput low cost AES processor Chih-Pin Su; Tsung-Fu Lin; Chih-Tsiun Huang; Cheng-Wen Wu; Communications Magazine, IEEE Volume 41, Issue 12, Dec. 2003 Page(s):86 - 91 An efficient FPGA implementation of advanced encryption standard algorithm Shuenn-Shyang Wang; Wan-Sheng Ni; Circuits and Systems, 2004. ISCAS '04. Volume 2, 23-26 May 2004 Page(s):II - 597-600 Vol.2 High-speed VLSI architectures for the AES algorithm Xinmiao Zhang; Parhi, K.K.; Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems Volume 12, Issue 9, Sept. 2004 Page(s):957 967 Fast implementation of AES cryptographic algorithms in smart cards Chi-Feng Lu; Yan-Shun Kao; Hsia-Ling Chiang; Chung-Huang Yang; Security Technology, 2003. 14-16 Oct. 2003 Page(s):573 - 579

References
Applications / Implementations : AES A new VLSI implementation of the AES algorithm Liang Deng; Hongyi Chen; Communications, Circuits and Systems and West Sino Expositions, IEEE 2002 International Conference on Volume 2, 29 June-1 July 2002 Page(s):1500 - 1504 vol.2