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+====
+NEWS
+====
+
+Highlights of what's new in each release:
+
+Releases
+========
+
+v1.7.1 (Amy) 10jun07
+--------------------
+  * windows SSH agent support can use the 'ctypes' module now if 'win32all' is
+    not available [patch from alexander belchenko]
+  * SFTPClient.listdir_attr() now preserves the 'longname' field [patch from
+    wesley augur]
+  * SFTPClient.get_channel() API added
+  * SSHClient constuctor takes an optional 'timeout' parameter [patch from
+    james bardin]
+
+v1.7 (zubat) 18feb07
+--------------------
+  * added x11 channel support (patch from david guerizec)
+  * added reverse port forwarding support
+  * (bug 75370) raise an exception when contacting a broken SFTP server
+  * (bug 80295) SSHClient shouldn't expand the user directory twice when reading
+    RSA/DSS keys
+  * (bug 82383) typo in DSS key in SSHClient
+  * (bug 83523) python 2.5 warning when encoding a file's modification time
+  * if connecting to an SSH agent fails, silently fallback instead of raising
+    an exception
+
+v1.6.4 (yanma) 19nov06
+----------------------
+  * fix setup.py on osx (oops!)
+  * (bug 69330) check for the existence of RSA/DSA keys before trying to open
+    them in SFTPClient
+  * (bug 69222) catch EAGAIN in socket code to workaround a bug in recent
+    Linux 2.6 kernels
+  * (bug 70398) improve dict emulation in HostKeys objects
+  * try harder to make sure all worker threads are joined on Transport.close()
+
+v1.6.3 (xatu) 14oct06
+---------------------
+  * fixed bug where HostKeys.__setitem__ wouldn't always do the right thing
+  * fixed bug in SFTPClient.chdir and SFTPAttributes.__str__ [patch from
+    mike barber]
+  * try harder not to raise EOFError from within SFTPClient
+  * fixed bug where a thread waiting in accept() could block forever if the
+    transport dies [patch from mike looijmans]
+
+v1.6.2 (weedle) 16aug06
+-----------------------
+  * added support for "old" group-exchange server mode, for compatibility
+    with the windows putty client
+  * fixed some more interactions with SFTP file readv() and prefetch()
+  * when saving the known_hosts file, preserve the original order [patch from
+    warren young]
+  * fix a couple of broken lines when exporting classes (bug 55946)
+
+v1.6.1 (vulpix) 10jul06
+-----------------------
+  * more unit tests fixed for windows/cygwin (thanks to alexander belchenko)
+  * a couple of fixes related to exceptions leaking out of SFTPClient
+  * added ability to set items in HostKeys via __setitem__
+  * HostKeys now retains order and has a save() method
+  * added PKey.write_private_key and PKey.from_private_key
+
+v1.6 (umbreon) 10may06
+----------------------
+  * pageant support on Windows thanks to john arbash meinel and todd whiteman
+  * fixed unit tests to work under windows and cygwin (thanks to alexander
+    belchenko for debugging)
+  * various bugfixes/tweaks to SFTP file prefetch
+  * added SSHClient for a higher-level API
+  * SFTP readv() now yields results as it gets them
+  * several APIs changed to throw an exception instead of "False" on failure
+
+v1.5.4 (tentacool) 11mar06
+--------------------------
+  * fixed HostKeys to more correctly emulate a python dict
+  * fixed a bug where file read buffering was too aggressive
+  * improved prefetching so that out-of-order reads still use the prefetch
+    buffer
+  * added experimental SFTPFile.readv() call
+  * more unit tests
+
+v1.5.3 (squirtle) 19feb06
+-------------------------
+  * a few performance enhancements
+  * added HostKeys, for dealing with openssh style "known_hosts" files, and
+    added support for hashed hostnames
+  * added Transport.atfork() for dealing with forked children
+  * added SFTPClient.truncate, SFTPFile.chmod, SFTPFile.chown, SFTPFile.utime,
+    and SFTPFile.truncate
+  * improved windows demos [patch from mike looijmans], added an sftp demo, and
+    moved demos to the demos/ folder
+  * fixed a few interoperability bugs
+  * cleaned up logging a bit
+  * fixed a bug where EOF on a Channel might not be detected by select [found
+    by thomas steinacher]
+  * fixed python 2.4-ism that crept in [patch by jan hudec]
+  * fixed a few reference loops that could have interacted badly with the python
+    garbage collector
+  * fixed a bunch of pychecker warnings, some of which were bugs
+
+v1.5.2 (rhydon) 04dec05
+-----------------------
+  * compression support (opt-in via Transport.use_compression)
+  * sftp files may be opened with mode flag 'x' for O_EXCL (exclusive-open)
+    behavior, which has no direct python equivalent
+  * added experimental util functions for parsing openssh config files
+  * fixed a few bugs (and potential deadlocks) with key renegotiation
+  * fixed a bug that caused SFTPFile.prefetch to occasionally lock up
+  * fixed an sftp bug which affected van dyke sftp servers
+  * fixed the behavior of select()ing on a closed channel, such that it will
+    always trigger as readable
+
+v1.5.1 (quilava) 31oct05
+------------------------
+  * SFTPFile.prefetch() added to dramatically speed up downloads (automatically
+    turned on in SFTPClient.get())
+  * fixed bug where garbage-collected Channels could trigger the Transport to
+    close the session (reported by gordon good)
+  * fixed a deadlock in rekeying (reported by wendell wood)
+  * fixed some windows bugs and SFTPAttributes.__str__() (reported by grzegorz
+    makarewicz)
+  * better sftp error reporting by adding fake "errno" info to IOErrors
+
+v1.5 (paras) 02oct05
+--------------------
+  * added support for "keyboard-interactive" authentication
+  * added mode (on by default) where password authentication will try to
+    fallback to "keyboard-interactive" if it's supported
+  * added pipelining to SFTPFile.write and SFTPClient.put
+  * fixed bug with SFTPFile.close() not guarding against being called more
+    than once (thanks to Nathaniel Smith)
+  * fixed broken 'a' flag in SFTPClient.file() (thanks to Nathaniel Smith)
+  * fixed up epydocs to look nicer
+  * reorganized auth_transport into auth_handler, which seems to be a cleaner
+    separation
+  * demo scripts fixed to have a better chance of loading the host keys
+    correctly on windows/cygwin
+  
+v1.4 (oddish) 17jul05
+---------------------
+  * added SSH-agent support (for posix) from john rochester
+  * added chdir() and getcwd() to SFTPClient, to emulate a "working directory"
+  * added get() and put() to SFTPClient, to emulate ftp whole-file transfers
+  * added check() to SFTPFile (a file hashing protocol extension)
+  * fixed Channels and SFTPFiles (among others) to auto-close when GC'd
+  * fixed Channel.fileno() for Windows, this time really
+  * don't log socket errors as "unknown exception"
+  * some misc. backward-compatible API improvements (like allowing
+    Transport.start_client() and start_server() to be called in a blocking way)
+
+v1.3.1 (nidoran) 28jun05
+------------------------
+  * added SFTPClient.close()
+  * fixed up some outdated documentation
+  * made SFTPClient.file() an alias for open()
+  * added Transport.open_sftp_client() for convenience
+  * refactored packetizing out of Transport
+  * fixed bug (reported by alain s.) where connecting to a non-SSH host could
+    cause paramiko to freeze up
+  * fixed Channel.fileno() for Windows (again)
+  * some more unit tests
+
+v1.3 (marowak) 09apr05
+----------------------
+  * fixed a bug where packets larger than about 12KB would cause the session
+    to die on all platforms except osx
+  * added a potential workaround for windows to let Channel.fileno() (and
+    therefore the select module) work!
+  * changed API for subsystem handlers (sorry!) to pass more info and make it
+    easier to write a functional SFTP server
+
+v1.2 (lapras) 28feb05
+---------------------
+  * added SFTPClient.listdir_attr() for fetching a list of files and their
+    attributes in one call
+  * added Channel.recv_exit_status() and Channel.send_exit_status() for
+    manipulating the exit status of a command from either client or server
+    mode
+  * moved check_global_request into ServerInterface, where it should've been
+    all along (oops)
+  * SFTPHandle's default implementations are fleshed out more
+  * made logging a bit more consistent, and started logging thread ids
+  * fixed a few race conditions, one of which would sometimes cause a Transport
+    to fail to start on slow machines
+  * more unit tests
+
+v1.1 (kabuto) 12dec04
+---------------------
+  * server-side SFTP support
+  * added support for stderr streams on client & server channels
+  * added a new distinct exception for failed client authentication
+    when caused by the server rejecting that *type* of auth
+  * added support for multi-part authentication
+  * fixed bug where get_username() wasn't working in server mode
+
+v1.0 (jigglypuff) 06nov04
+-------------------------
+  * fixed bug that broke server-mode authentication by private key
+  * fixed bug where closing a Channel could end up killing the entire
+    Transport
+  * actually include demo_windows.py this time (oops!)
+  * fixed recently-introduced bug in group-exchange key negotiation that
+    would generate the wrong hash (and therefore fail the initial handshake)
+  * server-mode subsystem handler is a bit more flexible
+
+v0.9 (ivysaur) 22oct04
+----------------------
+  * new ServerInterface class for implementing server policy, so it's no
+    longer necessary to subclass Transport or Channel -- server code will
+    need to be updated to follow this new API!  (see demo_server.py)
+  * some bugfixes for re-keying an active session
+  * Transport.get_security_options() allows fine-tuned control over the
+    crypto negotiation on a new session
+  * Transport.connect() takes a single hostkey object now instead of two
+    string parameters
+  * the Channel request methods (like 'exec_command') now return True on
+    success or False on failure
+  * added a mechanism for providing subsystems in server mode (and a new
+    class to be subclassed: SubsystemHandler)
+  * renamed SFTP -> SFTPClient (but left an alias for existing code)
+  * added SFTPClient.normalize() to resolve paths on the server
+  * fleshed out the API a bit more for SFTPClient and private keys
+  * a bunch of new unit tests!
+
+v0.9 (horsea) 27jun04
+---------------------
+  * fixed a lockup that could happen if the channel was closed while the
+    send window was full
+  * better checking of maximum packet sizes
+  * better line buffering for file objects
+  * now chops sftp requests into smaller packets for some older servers
+  * more sftp unit tests
+
+v0.9 (gyarados) 31may04
+-----------------------
+  * Transport.open_channel() -- supports local & remote port forwarding now
+  * now imports UTF-8 encodings explicitly as a hint to "freeze" utilities
+  * no longer rejects older SFTP servers
+  * default packet size bumped to 8kB
+  * fixed deadlock in closing a channel
+  * Transport.connect() -- fixed bug where it would always fail when given a
+    host key to verify
+
+v0.9 (fearow) 23apr04
+---------------------
+  * Transport.send_ignore() -- send random ignored bytes
+  * RSAKey/DSSKey added from_private_key_file() as a factory constructor;
+    write_private_key_file() & generate() to create and save ssh2 keys;
+    get_base64() to retrieve the exported public key
+  * Transport added global_request() [client] and check_global_request()
+    [server]
+  * Transport.get_remove_server_key() now returns a PKey object instead of a
+    tuple of strings
+  * Transport.get_username() -- return the username you auth'd as [client]
+  * Transport.set_keepalive() -- makes paramiko send periodic junk packets
+    to the remote host, to keep the session active
+  * python 2.2 support (thanks to Roger Binns)
+  * misc. bug fixes
+
+v0.9 (eevee) 08mar04
+--------------------
+
+v0.9 (doduo) 04jan04
+--------------------
+
+v0.1 (charmander) 10nov03
+-------------------------
+
+v0.1 (bulbasaur) 18sep03
+------------------------
+
+v0.1 (aerodactyl) 13sep03
+-------------------------