From: Jameson Rollins <jrollins@finestructure.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:49:29 +0000 (-0500)
Subject: some improvements to man pages
X-Git-Tag: monkeysphere_0.28~33^2~3
X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?a=commitdiff_plain;h=92385288ff477cd3ac297be8dbc2763f802e0273;p=monkeysphere.git

some improvements to man pages
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diff --git a/man/man1/monkeysphere.1 b/man/man1/monkeysphere.1
index c5296ec..e725aa5 100644
--- a/man/man1/monkeysphere.1
+++ b/man/man1/monkeysphere.1
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ monkeysphere - Monkeysphere client user interface
 \fBMonkeysphere\fP is a framework to leverage the OpenPGP web of trust
 for OpenSSH and TLS key-based authentication.  OpenPGP keys are
 tracked via GnuPG, and added to the authorized_keys and known_hosts
-files used by OpenSSH for connection authentication.
+files used by OpenSSH for connection authentication.  Monkeysphere can
+also be used by a monkeysphere validation agent to validate TLS
+connections on the web.
 
 \fBmonkeysphere\fP is the Monkeysphere client utility.
 
diff --git a/man/man7/monkeysphere.7 b/man/man7/monkeysphere.7
index f5a2371..775826e 100644
--- a/man/man7/monkeysphere.7
+++ b/man/man7/monkeysphere.7
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ Trust
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 
-\fBMonkeysphere\fP is a framework to leverage the OpenPGP Web of Trust
-for ssh authentication.  OpenPGP keys are tracked via GnuPG, and added
-to the authorized_keys and known_hosts files used by ssh for
-connection authentication.
+\fBMonkeysphere\fP is a framework to leverage the OpenPGP web of trust
+for OpenSSH and TLS key-based authentication.  OpenPGP keys are
+tracked via GnuPG, and added to the authorized_keys and known_hosts
+files used by OpenSSH for connection authentication.  Monkeysphere can
+also be used by a monkeysphere validation agent to validate TLS
+connections on the web.
 
 .SH IDENTITY CERTIFIERS
 
@@ -44,10 +46,9 @@ address in the User ID).
 
 .SH KEY ACCEPTABILITY
 
-During known_host and authorized_keys updates, the monkeysphere
-commands work from a set of user IDs to determine acceptable keys for
-ssh authentication.  OpenPGP keys are considered acceptable if the
-following criteria are met:
+The monkeysphere commands work from a set of user IDs to determine
+acceptable keys for ssh and TLS authentication.  OpenPGP keys are
+considered acceptable if the following criteria are met:
 .TP
 .B capability
 The key must have the `authentication' (`a') usage flag set.
@@ -61,8 +62,15 @@ The relevant user ID must be signed by a trusted identity certifier.
 
 .SH HOST IDENTIFICATION
 
-The OpenPGP keys for hosts have associated user IDs that use the ssh
-URI specification for the host, i.e. `ssh://host.full.domain[:port]'.
+The OpenPGP keys for hosts have associated `service names` (OpenPGP
+user IDs) that are based on URI specifications for the service.  Some
+examples:
+.TP
+.B ssh:
+ssh://host.full.domain[:port]
+.TP
+.B https:
+https://host.full.domain[:port]
 
 .SH AUTHOR