X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=website%2Findex.mdwn;h=7c9030a634bf852f448a3e33e45a8d11cc713669;hb=78f843279c93b2683c17d15b834107c9f79b3050;hp=5b757fa95376c327a998b31aa1aff639e16f8530;hpb=655253c594a8b184fcf1bd250651c76ebadf105c;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/website/index.mdwn b/website/index.mdwn index 5b757fa..7c9030a 100644 --- a/website/index.mdwn +++ b/website/index.mdwn @@ -1,15 +1,18 @@ -[[!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 ##