// duplicating the first 8 bytes of the 16-byte key.
	ede2Key := []byte("example key 1234")

	var tripleDESKey []byte
	tripleDESKey = append(tripleDESKey, ede2Key[:16]...)
	tripleDESKey = append(tripleDESKey, ede2Key[:8]...)

	_, err := des.NewTripleDESCipher(tripleDESKey)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	// See crypto/cipher for how to use a cipher.Block for encryption and
	// decryption.