Support for AES
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By introducing HULFT8 Cipher Option (AES), you can use AES to encrypt transfer data.
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) is a cipher algorithm that was specified as FIPS 197. AES was also selected as a recommended encryption scheme for Japanese e-Gov. This encryption scheme supports encryption and decryption of data.
AES provides higher safety and faster processing compared to Triple DES, which is a typical symmetric-key encryption scheme.
AES utilizes a symmetric-key cipher algorithm, which uses the same key for both encryption and decryption, in addition to utilizing a Block Encryption Scheme, which divides data into blocks of a certain size and encrypts each block individually.
Further, it has passed algorithm validation testing according to the validation program by NIST (*1), which is called CAVP (*2).
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NIST Abbreviation of National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST is an institution under the United States Department of Commerce. |
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CAVP Abbreviation of Cryptographic Algorithm Validation Program. This program performs validity testing and certification of algorithms that are defined by the United States NIST. |
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For details about the limitations on the features of HULFT Cipher Options, refer to Limitations on use of HULFT Cipher Options.
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HULFT8 Cipher Option (AES) is not available for HULFT8 for NonStop.