.TH MONKEYSPHERE-SSH-PROXYCOMMAND "1" "June 2008" "monkeysphere 0.1" "User Commands"
+
.SH NAME
+
monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand \- MonkeySphere ssh ProxyCommand script
-.PD
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B ssh -o ProxyCommand="monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand %h %p" ...
-.PD
+
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
-MonkeySphere is a system to leverage the OpenPGP Web of Trust for ssh
-authentication and encryption. OpenPGP keys are tracked via GnuPG,
-and added to the ssh authorized_keys and known_hosts files to be used
-for authentication and encryption of ssh connection.
\fBmonkeysphere-ssh-proxy\fP is an ssh proxy command that can be used
to trigger a monkeysphere update of the known_hosts file for the hosts
-that are being connected to.
-.PD
+that are being connected to. It is meant to be run as an ssh
+ProxyCommand. This can either be done by specifying the proxy command
+on the command line:
+
+.B ssh -o ProxyCommand="monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand %h %p" ...
+
+or by adding the following line to your ~/.ssh/config script:
+
+.B ProxyCommand monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand %h %p
+
+The script is very simple, and can easily be incorporated into other
+ProxyCommand scripts. It first tests to see if the host is in the
+known_hosts file. If it's not, the CHECK_KEYSERVER variable is set to
+true and "update-known_hosts" is run for the host to check for a host
+key for that host. If the host is found in the known_hosts file,
+CHECK_KEYSERVER is set to false and "update-known_hosts" is run to
+update from the local keychain.
+
+Run the following command for more info:
+
+.B less $(which monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand)
+
.SH AUTHOR
+
Written by Jameson Rollins <jrollins@fifthhorseman.net>
-.PD
+
.SH SEE ALSO
+
.BR monkeypshere (1),
.BR ssh (1),
.BR gpg (1)
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