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+# Why should you be interested in the MonkeySphere? #
+
## As an `ssh` user ##
Do you use `ssh` to connect to remote machines? Are you tired of
Do you actually tediously check the fingerprint against a
cryptographically-signed message from the admin, or do you just cross
your fingers and type "yes"? Do you wish there was a better way to
-verify that the host your connecting to actually is the host you mean
-to connect to? Shouldn't our tools be able to figure this out
+verify that the host you are connecting to actually is the host you
+mean to connect to? Shouldn't our tools be able to figure this out
automatically?
Do you use `ssh`'s public key authentication for convenience and/or
choice of the user:
* individual per-host certifications by each client (much like the
- stock OpenSSH behavior),
+ stock OpenSSH behavior), or
* strict centralized Certificate Authorities (much like proposed X.509
- models), and
+ models), or
* a more human-centric model that recognizes individual differences in
ranges of trust and acceptance.