Optimizing AES modes on Solaris for Intel Westmere
- by danx
Optimizing AES modes on Solaris for Intel Westmere
Review
AES is a strong method of symmetric (secret-key) encryption.
It is a U.S. FIPS-approved cryptographic algorithm (FIPS 197)
that operates on 16-byte blocks.
AES has been available since 2001 and is widely used.
However, AES by itself has a weakness.
AES encryption isn't usually used by…