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 * diffie-hellman-group14-sha1
 * diffie-hellman-group1-sha1
 
-## Public Key Authenntication
+## Public Key Authentication
 
 **SSH.NET** supports the following private key formats:
 * RSA in OpenSSL PEM and ssh.com format