SSH2 Module for Python

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), the 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 LGPL (lesser GPL).