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 Intro
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-[Shadowsocks-libev](http://shadowsocks.org) is a lightweight secured scoks5 
+[Shadowsocks-libev](http://shadowsocks.org) is a lightweight secured socks5 
 proxy for embedded devices and low end boxes.
 
 It is a port of [shadowsocks](https://github.com/clowwindy/shadowsocks)