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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def snapshot(self):
 """ This is used mostly as a way to keep the cipher state and the seq_num. """

        snap = connState(connection_end=self.connection_end,
                         read_or_write=self.row,
                         seq_num=self.seq_num,
                         compression_alg=type(self.compression),
                         ciphersuite=type(self.ciphersuite),
                         tls_version=self.tls_version)
        snap.cipher = self.cipher.snapshot()
        if self.hmac:
            snap.hmac.key = self.hmac.key
        return snap