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| author | Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> | 2010-01-18 01:46:53 -0500 |
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| committer | Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net> | 2010-01-18 01:46:53 -0500 |
| commit | 3bc5bbd31901a9b93f13e75b162f6a21688f30be (patch) | |
| tree | 80e9f5d7a6a29dc7b6b404423a8d355ef92f596e /packaging | |
| parent | b124f855cf6997c438921abf350970a1ee0e387e (diff) | |
wordsmithing debian/control
Diffstat (limited to 'packaging')
| -rw-r--r-- | packaging/debian/control | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
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). |