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-The ssh library was designed to be used by programmers needing a working
-SSH implementation by the means of a library. The complete control of the
-client is made by the programmer.
-
-With libssh, you can remotely execute programs, transfer files, use a
-secure and transparent tunnel for your remote programs. With its Secure
-FTP implementation, you can play with remote files easily, without
-third-party programs others than libcrypto (from openssl).
+libssh is a mulitplatform C library implementing the SSHv2 and SSHv1 protocol
+on client and server side. With libssh, you can remotely execute programs,
+transfer files, use a secure and transparent tunnel for
+your remote applications.