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+strongswan-5.3.1
+----------------
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 - The new aesni plugin provides CBC, CTR, XCBC, CMAC, CCM and GCM crypto
   primitives for AES-128/192/256. The plugin requires AES-NI and PCLMULQDQ
   instructions and works on both x86 and x64 architectures. It provides