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# RustCrypto: Cipher Traits
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Traits which define the functionality of [block ciphers] and [stream ciphers].
See [RustCrypto/block-ciphers] and [RustCrypto/stream-ciphers] for algorithm
implementations which use these traits.
[Documentation][docs-link]
## Minimum Supported Rust Version
Rust **1.56** or higher.
Minimum supported Rust version can be changed in the future, but it will be
done with a minor version bump.
## SemVer Policy
- All on-by-default features of this library are covered by SemVer
- MSRV is considered exempt from SemVer as noted above
## License
Licensed under either of:
* [Apache License, Version 2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)
* [MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
at your option.
### Contribution
Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted
for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be
dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.
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[//]: # (general links)
[block ciphers]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher
[stream ciphers]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream_cipher
[RustCrypto/block-ciphers]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/block-ciphers
[RustCrypto/stream-ciphers]: https://github.com/RustCrypto/stream-ciphers