Stick-figure AES: crypto explanations for the rest of us


Jeff Moser's "A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)" beautifully presents the history, context, and workings of one of the most important pieces of math in the modern world. AES is at the core of virtually every privacy technology you use, and it holds the promise of building an NSA-proof, unsnoopable Internet.


A Stick Figure Guide to the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES)

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