The document summarizes the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). It describes how AES was selected by NIST as a replacement for DES. AES (Rijndael cipher) uses a block size of 128 bits, with key sizes of 128, 192, or 256 bits. It operates on data in rounds that include byte substitution, shifting rows, mixing columns, and adding the round key. The key is expanded into an array of words used for each round.