From d8dd7e109a119ed66e7a32777f0de34ce69c0928 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:04:58 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] added description of steps needed to get host key published for george.riseup.net. --- doc/george/host-key-publication | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/george/host-key-publication diff --git a/doc/george/host-key-publication b/doc/george/host-key-publication new file mode 100644 index 0000000..03e2510 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/george/host-key-publication @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@ +2008-06-19 02:34:57-0400 +------------------------ + +Adding george's host key to the monkeysphere was more complicated than +it needed to be. + +As the server admin, i did (accepting the defaults where possible): + + monkeysphere-server gen-key + KEYID=$(GNUPGHOME=/etc/monkeysphere/gnupg gpg --with-colons --list-key =ssh://$(hostname --fqdn) | grep ^pub: | cut -f5 -d:) + (umask 077 && GNUPGHOME=/etc/monkeysphere/gnupg gpg --export-secret-key $KEYID | openpgp2ssh $KEYID >/etc/monkeysphere/ssh_host_rsa_key) + # modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config to remove old host keys lines, and + # add new line: HostKey /etc/monkeysphere/ssh_host_rsa_key + /etc/init.d/ssh restart + + KEYSERVER=george.riseup.net monkeysphere-server publish-key + # (needed to publish by hand here because of reasonable sanity checks) + monkeysphere-server show-fingerprint + + # then from a remote host: + gpg --keyserver george.riseup.net --search =ssh://george.riseup.net + gpg --fingerprint --sign-key =ssh://george.riseup.net + KEYID=$(gpg --with-colons --list-key =ssh://george.riseup.net | grep ^pub: | cut -f5 -d:) + gpg --keyserver george.riseup.net --send "$KEYID" + gpg --keyserver george.riseup.net --send "$MYGPGID" + + +How could this have been streamlined? -- 2.25.1