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 Dependencies
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-- msgpack-c 1.0+, used for data serialisation.
-- GnuTLS 3.1+, used to compute hashes and for the identity layer.
+- msgpack-c 1.0+, used for data serialization.
+- GnuTLS 3.1+, used for cryptographic operations.
 - Nettle 2.4+, a GnuTLS dependency for crypto.
 - Build tested with GCC 4.8+ (Linux, Android, Windows with MinGW), Clang/LLVM (Linux, OS X).