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-[[!meta title="Monkeysphere Validation Agent"]]
-
-# Monkeysphere Validation Agent #
-
-The Monkeysphere Validation Agent offers a local service for systems
-to validate certificates (both X.509 and OpenPGP) and other public
-keys in their proper contexts.
-
-Among other reasons, having a validation agent is a good thing
-because:
-
-* Multiple tools can rely on the same PKI (e.g. the user's web browser
- and the user's ssh client).
-* A single validation agent can present a consistent UI to the user
- (when used in an end-user context), or provide a unified trust model
- to various services (when used in a server-side context).
-* Authentication/certificate validation code can potentially be
- isolated to a protected environment.
-
-## Implementations ##
-
-There are currently two implementations of the validation agent:
-
- * msva-perl
- * msva-ruby
-
-## Protocol ##
-
-The Monkeysphere Validation Agent protocol (MSVA) is defined as a
-minimal HTTP server with JSON-encapsulated requests and responses.
-You may want to read [more protocol details](protocol).
-