AES Project

Name: Constance Wilson Goal: Develop code that will perform AES encryption and decryption on hard coded values.

Contents

• appendix_c.txt: text file containing example output that can be used to check the results of the code
• AES.h: header file that connects all of the .cpp files and initializes shared data structures and functions
• BaseOps.cpp: C++ file that contains mathematical and print functions that are commonly used throughout the other files
• cipher.cpp: C++ file that contains the code required to perform AES encryption
• invCipher.cpp: C++ file that contains the code required to perform AES decryption
• keyExpansion.cpp: C++ file that performs key expansion, a process needed before encryption can occur
• main.cpp: C++ file that uses functions from the other files to perform AES encryption/decrpyion and print the results

How to Compile Code

In order to run this code, start by downloading or cloning this repository. Navigate to the file location and use one of the following commands:

• make: compiles the code
• ./AES: runs the code
• make test: compares output of the code to the example output given in appendex_c.txt
• make clean: removes files made by make to compile the code