.TH MONKEYSPHERE-SSH-PROXYCOMMAND "1" "June 2008" "monkeysphere 0.1" "User Commands"
+
.SH NAME
+
monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand \- MonkeySphere ssh ProxyCommand script
-.PD
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
+
\fBmonkeysphere-ssh-proxy\fP is an ssh proxy command that can be used
to trigger a monkeysphere update of the known_hosts file for the hosts
that are being connected to. It is meant to be run as an ssh
.B ProxyCommand monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand %h %p
-The script is very simple, and can easily be incorporated into other
-ProxyCommand scripts. All it does is first runs
+The script can easily be incorporated into other ProxyCommand scripts
+by calling it with the "--no-connect" option, ie:
+
+.B monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand --no-connect "$HOST" "$PORT"
-.B monkeysphere update-known-hosts HOST
+This will run everything but will not exec netcat to make the tcp
+connection to the host.
-and then
+.SH KEYSERVER CHECKING
-.B exec nc HOST PORT
+The proxy command has a fairly nuanced policy for when keyservers are
+queried when processing host. If the host userID is not found in
+either the user's keyring or in the known_hosts file, then the
+keyserver is queried for the host userID. If the host userID is found
+in the user's keyring, then the keyserver is not checked. This is
+because... If the host userID is not found in the user's keyring, but
+the host is listed in the known_hosts file, then defered check is
+scheduled.
-Run the following command for more info:
+.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
+
+.TP
+KEYSERVER The keyserver to query.
-.B less $(which monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand)
-.PD
.SH AUTHOR
+
Written by Jameson Rollins <jrollins@fifthhorseman.net>
-.PD
+
.SH SEE ALSO
+
.BR monkeypshere (1),
.BR ssh (1),
.BR gpg (1)