1 [[meta title="Setup test public server/gpg key"]]
3 It would be really useful for people trying out the monkeysphere to be able to
4 test it with a participating server as soon as they've finished setting things
5 up. Minimally - just testing the acceptance of the server's identity would be
10 I guess we don't really want to use george for this purpose? Does
11 someone have a spare virtual machine that we could use for this
12 purpose? The test machine wouldn't actually have to do any user
13 authentication, I guess.
17 > Maybe we should use George? As you point out - it doesn't actually
18 > have to do any user authentication. It seems like a waste to have a
19 > virtual machine that does nothing but deny people's ssh connections.
20 > And - george is already setup and ready to go.
23 I like the idea of using George for this. There's nothing wrong with
24 denying people's ssh connections. Also, we could make public user
25 account with limited shells that we could add User IDs that we want to
26 encourage to try out the monkeysphere from that perspective. For
27 example, if one of the George admins who is listed as an
28 identity-certifier has already certified Foo T. Bar's key, we could
29 write a simple note like:
33 The user account "foo@george.riseup.net" has been created for
34 you. You can ssh into it by adding an authentication subkey
35 to your OpenPGP key and publishing it to the public keyservers
36 (or to george.riseup.net). The easiest way to do this is with
39 You can verify george's ssh host key with the monkeysphere
40 before you connect to the host. Here's how...