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 Dependencies
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-Java 1.6+. slf4j_ is required. bouncycastle_ is highly recommended and required for using some of the crypto algorithms.
+Java 6+. slf4j_ is required. bouncycastle_ is highly recommended and required for using some of the crypto algorithms.
 jzlib_ is required for using zlib compression.