From 6145232e4ec9c8d7fb598606bf4ca81d7a7cf54b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jeff Forcier Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 21:58:04 -0700 Subject: Really not interested in managing dependencies in 2-3 places. Also minor README prose cleanup --- README.rst | 37 ++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 23 deletions(-) (limited to 'README.rst') diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst index 0dcf30e5..200155d3 100644 --- a/README.rst +++ b/README.rst @@ -21,31 +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 `_). -The package and its API is fairly well documented in the "doc/" folder -that should have come with this archive. - - -Requirements ------------- - -- `Python `_ 2.6, 2.7, or 3.3+ (3.2 should also work, - but it is not recommended) -- `pycrypto `_ 2.1+ -- `ecdsa `_ 0.11+ +The package and its API is fairly well documented in the ``docs`` folder that +should have come with this archive. Installation -- cgit v1.2.1