if err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("dial err: %s", err)
		}
		defer conn.Close()

		// Write the shim ID we were passed as a little endian uint64
		shimIDBytes := make([]byte, 8)
		byteorder.LePutUint64(shimIDBytes, *shimID)
		if _, err := conn.Write(shimIDBytes); err != nil {
			log.Fatalf("failed to write shim id: %s", err)
		}

		var tlsConn *Conn
		if *server {
			tlsConn = Server(conn, cfg)

}

func (v *Element) bytes(out *[32]byte) []byte {
	t := *v
	t.reduce()

	var buf [8]byte
	for i, l := range [5]uint64{t.l0, t.l1, t.l2, t.l3, t.l4} {
		bitsOffset := i * 51
		byteorder.LePutUint64(buf[:], l<<uint(bitsOffset%8))
		for i, bb := range buf {
			off := bitsOffset/8 + i
			if off >= len(out) {
				break
			}
			out[off] |= bb
		}
	}

	return out[:]
}