libaes Development Project

The libaes project intends to produce a good quality AES implementation for use on Unix like systems. It is intended that this library will support all 3 main block lengths (128, 192 and 256 bit) and the 3 major key lengths without requiring library recompilation. However the initial code is limited to a single block length selected at library compilation time.

The current code was taken under a BSD like license. It it intended that future work will remain under a BSD or possibly LGPL license

Current Status

• Initial implementation based on Brian Gladman's AES libary. This is intended as a test release, in that it is a base for how the API of the library should be structured.
• Assembler (intel i586 using a few MMX instructions) implementation of the encrypt/decrypt function for 128 bit block size. (This runs at twice the speed of the gcc compiled C version on my machine).
• Vector test program and set of test vectors.
• Speed test program

Mailing list

There is a development mailing list with archives.

Help Needed

• Web site design and logo etc
• People to help discussion on the mailing list so we get an API which fits what people need.
• Assembly programmers to make good AES implementations for other processors

Any offers of help to Nigel Metheringham.