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-#Monkeysphere User README
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-
-You don't have to be an OpenSSH or OpenPGP expert to use the
-Monkeysphere. However, you should be comfortable using secure shell
-(ssh), and you should already have GnuPG installed and an OpenPGP key
-pair before you begin.
-
-As a regular user on a system where the monkeysphere package is
-installed, you probably want to do a few things:
-
-
-Keep your keyring up-to-date
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-
-Regularly refresh your GnuPG keyring from the keyservers. This can be
-done with a simple cronjob. An example of crontab line to do this is:
-
- 0 12 * * * /usr/bin/gpg --refresh-keys > /dev/null 2>&1
-
-This would refresh your keychain every day at noon.
-
-
-Keeping your known_hosts file in sync with your keyring
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-
-With your keyring updated, you want to make sure that OpenSSH can
-still see the most recent trusted information about who the various
-hosts are. This can be done with the monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand
-(see next section) or with the update-known_hosts command:
-
- $ monkeysphere update-known_hosts
-
-This command will check to see if there is an OpenPGP key for
-each (non-hashed) host listed in the known_hosts file, and then add
-the key for that host to the known_hosts file if one is found. This
-command could be added to a crontab as well, if desired.
-
-
-Using monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand(1)
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-
-The best way to handle host keys is to use the monkeysphere ssh proxy
-command. This command will make sure the known_hosts file is
-up-to-date for the host you are connecting to with ssh. The best way
-to integrate this is to add the following line to the "Host *" section
-of your ~/.ssh/config file:
-
- ProxyCommand monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand %h %p
-
-The "Host *" section specifies what ssh options to use for all
-connections. If you don't already have a "Host *" line, you can add it
-by entering:
-
- Host *
-
-On a line by itself. Add the ProxyCommand line just below it.
-
-Once you've completed this step - you are half-way there. You will now
-be able to verify servers participating in the monkeysphere provided
-their keys have been signed by someone that you trust.
-
-FIXME: We should setup a way for someone to download a test gpg key and
-then connect to a test server that is signed by this gpg key so users
-can establish that they are setup correctly.
-
-The remaining steps will complete the second half: allow servers to
-verify you based on your OpenPGP key.
-
-
-Setting up an OpenPGP authentication key
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-
-First things first: you'll need to create a new subkey for your
-current key, if you don't already have one. If your OpenPGP key is
-keyid $GPGID, you can set up such a subkey relatively easily with:
-
- $ monkeysphere gen-subkey $GPGID
-
-Typically, you can find out what your keyid is by running:
-
- $ gpg --list-secret-keys
-
-The first line (starting with sec) will include your key length followed
-by the type of key (e.g. 1024D) followed by a slash and then your keyid.
-
-
-Using your OpenPGP authentication key for SSH
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-
-Once you have created an OpenPGP authentication key, you will need to
-feed it to your ssh agent.
-
-Currently (2008-08-23), gnutls does not support this operation. In order
-to take this step, you will need to upgrade to a patched version of
-gnutls. You can easily upgrade a Debian system by adding the following
-to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/monkeysphere.list:
-
- deb http://monkeysphere.info/debian experimental gnutls
- deb-src http://monkeysphere.info/debian experimental gnutls
-
-Next, run `aptitude update; aptitude install libgnuttls26`.
-
-With the patched gnutls installed, you can feed your authentication sub
-key to your ssh agent by running:
-
- $ monkeysphere subkey-to-ssh-agent
-
-FIXME: using the key with a single session?
-
-
-Miscellaneous
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-
-Users can also maintain their own authorized_keys files, for users
-that would be logging into their accounts. This is primarily useful
-for accounts on hosts that are not already systematically using the
-monkeysphere for user authentication. If you're not sure whether this
-is the case for your host, ask your system administrator.
-
-If you want to do this as a regular user, use the
-update-authorized_keys command:
-
- $ monkeysphere update-authorized_keys
-
-This command will take all the user IDs listed in the
-~/.config/monkeysphere/authorized_user_ids file and check to see if
-there are acceptable keys for those user IDs available. If so, they
-will be added to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file.
-
-You must have indicated reasonable ownertrust in some key for this
-account, or no keys will be found with trusted certification paths.
-
-If you find this useful, you might want to place a job like this in
-your crontab so that revocations and rekeyings can take place
-automatically.
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