AES Rijndael Cipher explained as a Flash animation

UPDATE:
The Flash app got rewritten in HTML5! Now it is interactive again, and you can click through it in your own pace:

https://formaestudio.com/rijndaelinsp...

Thumbs up!

And thank you Enrique Zabala for letting us know.


Original text below:
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NOTE: I DID NOT CREATE THIS FLASH ANIMATION. I ONLY RECORDED THIS VIDEO, IN ORDER TO SAVE IT FOR THE POST-FLASH WORLD.

Many years ago I came across a clickable flash animation that explained how the Rijndael cipher works. And even though Rijndael is pure, complex math, the animated visualizations made the whole process so crystal clear that I had to bend down to the floor afterwards to pick up my dropped jaw.

Since then I know how powerful animated visualizations can be, even (or rather especially) for abstract and/or complex topics.

When I started my Go blog, I knew I had to use animations because they are worth a thousand words. I did the same in my Go videos that you can find over here in my channel, and also in my Go course.

This video is a recoding of the flash animation while I click through it. The flash animation is still available at formaestudio.com (link below), but no sane browser would agree to play any flash content anymore, so a video capture is the best we can get. I hope the pace of clicking through the steps is just right for you.

NOTE: The video has no audio part. This is not a bug, the Flash animation simply had no sounds.

The Rijndael Animation (and another Flash program called Rijndael Inspector): http://www.formaestudio.com/rijndaeli...



(c) Enrique Zabala. License terms: "Both these programs are free of use." (I guess that publishing a video of the animation is covered by these terms.)

My blog: https://appliedgo.net
My course: https://appliedgo.com/p/mastergo