X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=blobdiff_plain;f=website%2Fwhy.mdwn;h=5c060a5d9b04fe2f20f545353ff2d4cb40f0e746;hb=9c49dffef9a4802004cc1216559bf5847e68a16b;hp=93ea56018af6dcd661ca413a5bd7f8a109affc57;hpb=b945c94c47be82bfc4bbbbe0a8ba74d5bf5b02fb;p=monkeysphere.git diff --git a/website/why.mdwn b/website/why.mdwn index 93ea560..5c060a5 100644 --- a/website/why.mdwn +++ b/website/why.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,8 @@ -[[meta title="Why should you be interested in the MonkeySphere?"]] +[[meta title="Why should you be interested in the Monkeysphere?"]] -[[toc ]] +# Why should you be interested in the Monkeysphere? # + +[[!toc levels=2]] ## As an `ssh` user ## @@ -66,7 +68,7 @@ fingerprints) except in relatively rare situations (e.g. when two people meet in person for the first time). The good news is that this is all possible, and available with free -tools: welcome to the MonkeySphere! +tools: welcome to the Monkeysphere! ## Examples ## @@ -83,14 +85,14 @@ Alice can set up the new `bob` account on `foo.example.org` without needing to give Bob a new passphrase to remember, and without needing to even know Bob's current SSH key. She simply tells `foo` that `Bob ` should have access to the `bob` account. The -MonkeySphere on `foo` then verifies Bob's identity through the OpenPGP +Monkeysphere on `foo` then verifies Bob's identity through the OpenPGP Web of Trust and automatically add's Bob's SSH key to the authorized_keys file for the `bob` account. Bob's first connection to his new `bob` account on `foo.example.org` -is seamless, because the MonkeySphere on Bob's computer automatically +is seamless, because the Monkeysphere on Bob's computer automatically verifies the host key for `foo.example.org` for Bob. Using the -MonkeySphere, Bob never has to "accept" an unintelligible host key or +Monkeysphere, Bob never has to "accept" an unintelligible host key or type a password. When Bob decides to change the key he uses for SSH authentication, he @@ -135,6 +137,9 @@ than the current infrastructure allows, and is more meaningful to actual humans using these tools than some message like "Certified by GloboTrust". +You may also be interested in [some thoughts about alternate PKIs for +SSH](/similar). + ## Philosophy ## Humans (and