Iulian Năstac

Artificial Intelligence and the Effective Security of AES: A Narrative Review of Side-Channel Analysis, Encrypted-Traffic Analysis, and the Post-Quantum Positioning of AES-256

This paper provides a narrative review on the role of artificial intelligence in cryptography, with a substantial focus on the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and, where the distinction matters, on AES with 256-bit keys (AES-256), at the intersection of cryptanalysis, encrypte...