[![Godoc Reference](https://godoc.org/github.com/aead/serpent?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/aead/serpent) ## 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`