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+# Chaos
+
+A modular C++ library implementing several popular cryptographic algorithms.
+
+This project is of an academic nature.
+
+## Algorithms
+
+Below are some of the algorithms implemented.
+
+### Hash functions
+
+- MD4
+- MD5
+- SHA-1
+
+### MACs
+
+- HMAC (RFC 2104)
+
+### Stream ciphers
+
+- RC4 (ARC4)
+
+### Block ciphers
+
+- DES
+
+### Block cipher modes
+
+- ECB
+
+### Padding schemes
+
+- PKCS#7
+- ISO/IEC 7816-4