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Cipher Round Explorer

View status changes of AES-128 or ChaCha20 round by round.

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AES is a single block encryption tutorial, ChaCha20 shows a block function; key management and production message encryption are not provided.

Cipher Round Explorer: uses and methods

View status changes of AES-128 or ChaCha20 round by round.

Applicable scope and calculation boundary

AES is a single block encryption tutorial, ChaCha20 shows a block function; key management and production message encryption are not provided.

model and reference method

FIPS 197 AES-128;RFC 8439 ChaCha20 block function。

model version: 1.0.0. The results are used for scientific research, exploration and teaching, please interpret according to the model conditions.

input parameters

algorithm The
AES-128 / ChaCha20
Key Hex
AES 16 bytes; ChaCha20 32 bytes.
AES plain text / ChaCha nonce Hex
AES 16 bytes; ChaCha nonce 12 bytes.
ChaCha block counter
Value range: 0 – 4294967295

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encryption implementation

software security team uses public test vectors to verify round function intermediate states.

Public industry reference: NIST AES / RFC 8439

FIPS 197 defines AES; ChaCha20 is defined in RFC 8439.

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  1. Select AES or ChaCha
  2. Enter public test value
  3. View each round of transformation

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    applied cryptography, proof systems and security protocols。

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    KU Leuven · COSIC

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    cryptographic algorithms, hardware security and post-quantum cryptography。

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    NIST · Computer Security Resource Center

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    cryptographic standards, algorithm verification and post-quantum standardization。

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