X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;ds=sidebyside;f=website%2Findex.mdwn;h=a3329d420a46b4065d5f597e2427c6c0c086fc43;hb=80a6f581f1b6953e6b41d35c3b7f8b0bc26be6dd;hp=5b757fa95376c327a998b31aa1aff639e16f8530;hpb=3faf01e5d89ae1eb3802d55aef51daa660257417;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/website/index.mdwn b/website/index.mdwn index 5b757fa..a3329d4 100644 --- a/website/index.mdwn +++ b/website/index.mdwn @@ -1,15 +1,20 @@ [[!template id="nav"]] -The Monkeysphere project's goal is to extend the web of trust model -and other features of OpenPGP to other areas of the Internet to help -us securely identify each other while we work online. - -Specifically, monkeysphere is a framework to leverage the OpenPGP web -of trust for OpenSSH authentication. In other words, it allows you to -use your OpenPGP keys when using secure shell to both identify -yourself and the servers you administer or connect to. OpenPGP keys -are tracked via GnuPG, and managed in the `known_hosts` and -`authorized_keys` files used by OpenSSH for connection authentication. +[[toc ]] + +The Monkeysphere project's goal is to extend OpenPGP's web of trust to +new areas of the Internet to help us securely identify each other +while we work online. + +Specifically, monkeysphere currently offers a framework to leverage +the OpenPGP web of trust for OpenSSH authentication. + +In other words, it allows you to use secure shell as you normally do, +but to identify yourself and the servers you administer or connect to +with your OpenPGP keys. OpenPGP keys are tracked via GnuPG, and +monkeysphere manages the `known_hosts` and `authorized_keys` files +used by OpenSSH for authentication, checking them for cryptographic +validity. ## Conceptual overview ##