AES/Rijndahl

AES has fixed number of rounds and other parameters.
Rijndahl allows you to specify the algorithm parameters including number
of rounds.

Steven J. Hathaway

> So is the number of rounds set by Rijndahl or the AES spec? I'm confused.
>
> And is the number of rounds hard-coded into the OpenSSL source; or is
> it embedded somewhere else?
>
> On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 7:27 PM,  <shath...@e-z.net> wrote:
>> I don't know the interfaces to OpenSSL, but AES-192 specifies the number
>> of rounds.  The approved AES algorithms specify a subset of Rijndahl
>> cipher whereby you can specify alternative numbers of rounds, key
>> sizes, and block sizes.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Steven J. Hathaway
>>
>>> There's a file that I want to encrypt using AES-192-CBC but with 19
>>> rounds rather than the default 12-rounds.
>>>
>>> Is there a way for me to specify the number of rounds that I would
>>> like to use with the AES-192-CBC? (and override the algorithm
>>> defaults)?
>>>
>>> Is that something that I can within the openssl command itself (to
>>> encrypt a file) or is the process much more involved than that? And
>>> requires programming/scripting?
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