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@@ -21,30 +21,22 @@ Paramiko What ---- -"Paramiko" is a combination of the esperanto words for "paranoid" and -"friend". It's a module for Python 2.6+ that implements the SSH2 protocol -for secure (encrypted and authenticated) connections to remote machines. -Unlike SSL (aka TLS), SSH2 protocol does not require hierarchical -certificates signed by a powerful central authority. You may know SSH2 as -the protocol that replaced Telnet and rsh for secure access to remote -shells, but the protocol also includes the ability to open arbitrary -channels to remote services across the encrypted tunnel (this is how SFTP -works, for example). - -It is written entirely in Python (no C or platform-dependent code) and is -released under the GNU Lesser General Public License (`LGPL +"Paramiko" is a combination of the Esperanto words for "paranoid" and +"friend". It's a module for Python 2.6+/3.3+ that implements the SSH2 protocol +for secure (encrypted and authenticated) connections to remote machines. Unlike +SSL (aka TLS), SSH2 protocol does not require hierarchical certificates signed +by a powerful central authority. You may know SSH2 as the protocol that +replaced Telnet and rsh for secure access to remote shells, but the protocol +also includes the ability to open arbitrary channels to remote services across +the encrypted tunnel (this is how SFTP works, for example). + +It is written entirely in Python (though it depends on third-party C wrappers +for low level crypto; these are often available precompiled) and is released +under the GNU Lesser General Public License (`LGPL <https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html>`_). -The package and its API is fairly well documented in the "doc/" folder -that should have come with this archive. - - -Requirements ------------- - -- `Python <http://www.python.org/>`_ 2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+ -- `Cryptography <https://cryptography.io>`_ 0.8 or better -- `pyasn1 <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyasn1>`_ 0.1.7 or better +The package and its API is fairly well documented in the ``docs`` folder that +should have come with this archive. Installation |