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| author | Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu> | 2008-09-02 15:40:02 -0700 |
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| committer | Jameson Graef Rollins <jrollins@phys.columbia.edu> | 2008-09-02 15:40:02 -0700 |
| commit | fccf552603e35a3b7419d0d6925c03ab24576ee9 (patch) | |
| tree | d5cd93da650ea0054d446a72cd1f577fb83bfb74 | |
| parent | c09ac0eb561a67c152c63c7de635040713e13b09 (diff) | |
| parent | 6576cb269138c36728bb75d3b7242e34aee8a07d (diff) | |
Merge commit 'dkg/master'
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diff --git a/website/index.mdwn b/website/index.mdwn index 5b757fa..81da609 100644 --- a/website/index.mdwn +++ b/website/index.mdwn @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ [[!template id="nav"]] -The Monkeysphere project's goal is to extend the web of trust model -and other features of OpenPGP to other areas of the Internet to help -us securely identify each other while we work online. - -Specifically, monkeysphere is a framework to leverage the OpenPGP web -of trust for OpenSSH authentication. In other words, it allows you to -use your OpenPGP keys when using secure shell to both identify -yourself and the servers you administer or connect to. OpenPGP keys -are tracked via GnuPG, and managed in the `known_hosts` and -`authorized_keys` files used by OpenSSH for connection authentication. +The Monkeysphere project's goal is to extend OpenPGP's web of trust to +many areas of the Internet to help us securely identify each other +while we work online. + +Specifically, monkeysphere currently offers a framework to leverage +the OpenPGP web of trust for OpenSSH authentication. + +In other words, it allows you to use your OpenPGP keys when using +secure shell to both identify yourself and the servers you administer +or connect to. OpenPGP keys are tracked via GnuPG, and managed in the +`known_hosts` and `authorized_keys` files used by OpenSSH for +connection authentication. ## Conceptual overview ## |