X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=website%2Findex.mdwn;h=a3329d420a46b4065d5f597e2427c6c0c086fc43;hb=d7243d30672fdfade1231e45b6413e6bbf9a7866;hp=81da609a306b5c3804826a40ba91a2e3758e2530;hpb=fccf552603e35a3b7419d0d6925c03ab24576ee9;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/website/index.mdwn b/website/index.mdwn index 81da609..a3329d4 100644 --- a/website/index.mdwn +++ b/website/index.mdwn @@ -1,17 +1,20 @@ [[!template id="nav"]] +[[toc ]] + The Monkeysphere project's goal is to extend OpenPGP's web of trust to -many areas of the Internet to help us securely identify each other +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 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. +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 ##