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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd">
+
+<chapter>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2012</year>
+ <year>2013</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB, All Rights Reserved</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License,
+ Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in
+ compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the
+ Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be
+ retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/.
+
+ Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS"
+ basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See
+ the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations
+ under the License.
+
+ The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Ericsson AB.
+ </legalnotice>
+
+ <title>Introduction</title>
+ <prepared>OTP team</prepared>
+ <file>introduction.xml</file>
+ </header>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Purpose</title>
+
+ <p>Secure Shell (SSH) is a protocol for secure remote login and
+ other secure network services over an insecure network. SSH
+ provides a single, full-duplex, byte-oriented connection between
+ client and server. The protocol also provides privacy, integrity,
+ server authentication and man-in-the-middle protection.</p>
+
+ <p>The Erlang SSH application is an implementation of the SSH
+ protocol in Erlang which offers API functions to write customized
+ SSH clients and servers as well as making the Erlang shell
+ available via SSH. Also included in the SSH application are an
+ SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol) client <seealso
+ marker="ssh_sftp">ssh_sftp</seealso> and server <seealso
+ marker="ssh_sftp">ssh_sftpd</seealso>.</p>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Prerequisites</title>
+ <p>It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the concepts of <seealso marker="doc/design_principles:des_princ">OTP</seealso>
+ and has a basic understanding of <url href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography">public keys</url>.</p>
+ </section>
+
+</chapter>