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+libssh mbedTLS ECDSA support
+=============================
+
When built with mbedTLS, libssh currently does not support ECDSA key comparison.
Since the comparison function is used during the verification of publickey
authentication requests a libssh server will not be able to deal with ECDSA
@@ -5,3 +8,16 @@ keys.
In general, if the ssh_key_cmp function is used with mbedTLS, ECDSA key
comparison won't work.
+
+
+mbedTLS and libssh in multithreaded applications
+==================================================
+
+To use libssh with mbedTLS in a multithreaded application, mbedTLS has to be
+built with threading support enabled.
+
+If threading support is not available and multi threading is used, ssh_init
+will fail.
+
+More information about building mbedTLS with threading support can be found
+in the mbedTLS documentation.