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 ZeroTier Secure Sessions Protocol
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+*NOTICE: ZSSP has not yet completed peer review or code audit, so use at your own risk for now. This will be updated as the project matures.*
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 ## Introduction
 
 An in-depth guide to the full protocol specification can be found in the [protocol whitepaper](./whitepaper.pdf) provided in this repo. This implementation references it heavily.