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## The Serpent block cipher

Serpent is a symmetric key block cipher that was a finalist in the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) contest, 
where it was ranked second to Rijndael. Serpent was designed by Ross Anderson, Eli Biham, and Lars Knudsen.

### Installation
Install in your GOPATH: `go get -u github.com/aead/serpent`