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 This repo provides a list of utility modules for common crypto operations.
 
 ### AES
-* factory methods to construct an AES-GCM cipher with a 96-bit nonce from the input raw key bytes
-* encrypt & decrypt methods, the output ciphertext is prefixed with the random nonce.
+
+- factory methods to construct an AES-GCM cipher with a 96-bit nonce from the input raw key bytes
+- encrypt & decrypt methods, the output ciphertext is prefixed with the random nonce.
 
 ### DES
-* factory methods to construct an DES or 3DES cipher from the raw key bytes or hex text
-* encrypt & decrypt methods
-* verify the constructed cipher against the check value
+
+- factory methods to construct an DES or 3DES cipher from the raw key bytes or hex text
+- encrypt & decrypt methods
+- verify the constructed cipher against the check value
 
 ### KEK Bundle
-Helper class to construct a 3DES key encryption key from a list of components. 
+
+Helper class to construct a 3DES key encryption key from a list of components.
 
 ### RSA
+
 Common RSA operations for plugins to use. Targeting use-cases such as key extraction.
 
+## Release
+
+Releases are triggered with tagging. A sample release cycle would follow the following steps:
+
+1. Bump the version in `VERSION.txt` file and push to master
+2. Execute `git tag x.x.x` (same as the version in VERSION.txt) and `git push origin x.x.x`
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+1.11.0
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