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diff --git a/security/py-paramiko/DESCR b/security/py-paramiko/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4ee6d50f909 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/py-paramiko/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +paramiko is a module for python 2.2 (or higher) that implements the SSH2 +protocol for secure (encrypted and authenticated) connections to remote +machines. unlike SSL (aka TLS), SSH2 protocol does not require heirarchical +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). |