API design and processes # Hermes-core API is a convenient library, which exposes the high-level functions of Hermes-core to consumer applications. Internally, it is a small wrapper around the Hermes-core remote APIs: it serialises requests from the consumer applications and forwards them to Hermes-core via communication channels. Since the requests may contain sensitive data, the communication channel between Hermes API and Hermes-core should be encrypted and mutually authenticated. This can...