From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:46:53 +0000 (-0500) Subject: wordsmithing debian/control X-Git-Tag: monkeysphere_0.28~31 X-Git-Url: https://codewiz.org/gitweb?p=monkeysphere.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=3bc5bbd31901a9b93f13e75b162f6a21688f30be wordsmithing debian/control --- diff --git a/packaging/debian/control b/packaging/debian/control index 213a885..354f114 100644 --- a/packaging/debian/control +++ b/packaging/debian/control @@ -14,13 +14,14 @@ Architecture: all Depends: openssh-client, gnupg, libcrypt-openssl-rsa-perl, libdigest-sha-perl, lockfile-progs | procmail, adduser, ${misc:Depends} Recommends: netcat | socat, ssh-askpass, cron Enhances: openssh-client, openssh-server -Description: leverage the OpenPGP web of trust for OpenSSH and TLS authentication +Description: leverage the OpenPGP web of trust for SSH and TLS authentication SSH key-based authentication is tried-and-true, but it lacks a true Public Key Infrastructure for key certification, revocation and expiration. Monkeysphere is a framework that uses the OpenPGP web of trust for these PKI functions. It can be used in both directions: for users to get validated host keys, and for hosts to authenticate - users. + users. Current monkeysphere SSH tools are designed to integrate + with the OpenSSH implementation of the Secure Shell protocol. . - Monkeysphere can also be used by a monkeysphere validation agent to - validate TLS connections on the web. + Monkeysphere can also be used by a validation agent to validate TLS + connections (e.g. https).