From fa55936fde40619cdb955a089065d27a67f03f10 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2009 12:21:45 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] web site: added news item about the planned changes for the pending release of the monkeysphere. --- website/news/plans-for-the-bezoar.mdwn | 45 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) create mode 100644 website/news/plans-for-the-bezoar.mdwn diff --git a/website/news/plans-for-the-bezoar.mdwn b/website/news/plans-for-the-bezoar.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0fb2c5b --- /dev/null +++ b/website/news/plans-for-the-bezoar.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +[[meta title="Plans for The Golden Bezoar"]] + +A workday with several Monkeysphere contributors on 2009-01-31 +resulted in a significant reorganization of the project in several +areas, primarily driven by the realization that there are two +fundamentally different concepts on the server side: + +* publishing host keys via the Web-of-Trust (WoT), and +* authenticating users via the WoT. + +For simplicity and clarity, those two concepts should be independent +from each other, but earlier releases of the Monkeysphere tangled the +two up together more than we probably should have. + +So the next release, version 0.23 (a.k.a. *The Golden Bezoar*) will +have the following significant changes: + +* __user interface__: `/usr/sbin/monkeysphere-server` is no more, and + its functionality will be split out into + `/usr/sbin/monkeysphere-host` (for functionality dealing with + publishing the ssh host key through the WoT) and + `/usr/sbin/monkeysphere-authentication` (for functionality dealing + with authenticating users via the + WoT). `/usr/bin/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand` has been folded into + `/usr/bin/monkeysphere` itself as a new subcommand. + +* __code__: the subfunctions are now stored in their own separate + files, and sourced as-needed by the three top-level commands. The + test suite has also been re-written to reflect the above UI changes. + +* __documentation__: in addition to making the man pages reflect the + above UI changes, we're rewriting the "getting started" + [documentation](/doc/) to use the conceptually-cleaner distinctions + above. + +* __data storage__: `/var/lib/monkeysphere` itself has been + re-organized with the aim of keeping the host/authentication + distinction clear, simplifying the internal use of `gpg`, and + facilitating privilege-separated access. + +*The Golden Bezoar* will also feature the ability to painlessly +publish your current ssh host key to the WoT without needing to re-key +the server. If you're considering adopting the Monkeysphere in the +near future, we recommend waiting for 0.23 to be released, as it +should be conceptually clearer and easier to use. -- 2.25.1