On Wed, 20 Dec 2000, Gisle S{lensminde wrote:
> I have no idea why Rijndael and AES is assigned different numbers, since
> Rijndael simply is the winner algorithm of the AES competition...
If memory serves, Rijndael has more options -- for things like key size --
than AES permits, so it is technically more accurate to say that AES is a
(slight) subset of Rijndael.
Henry Spencer
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