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Re:Trivial authentication bypass in libssh leaves servers wi... by akvadrako on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:11PM (#18245390)
libssh is used because openssh isn't suited to be used as a library. So it's one of the most popular ways to automate the most popular remote shell protocol.

It's not really niche - I'd say it's an average popularity library and likely used by a bunch of internal projects.

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Re:Trivial authentication bypass in libssh leaves servers wi... by duskwuff on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:54PM (#18245561)
The libssh client code is used pretty commonly for that sort of thing.

The libssh server code, on the other hand, is pretty niche.

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