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authorMicah Anderson <micah@riseup.net>2008-08-18 21:06:24 -0400
committerMicah Anderson <micah@riseup.net>2008-08-18 21:06:24 -0400
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@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ 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.
-[[bugs]] | [[download]] | [[news]] | [[documentation|doc]]
+[why?](/why) | [[bugs]] | [[download]] | [[news]] | [[documentation|doc]]
## Conceptual overview ##
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ keys for authenticating to a server (known as
"`PubkeyAuthentication`"), rather than relying on a password exchange.
But again, the public part of the key needs to be transmitted to the
server through a secure out-of-band channel (usually via a separate
-password-based SSH connection) in order for this type of
-authentication to work
+password-based SSH connection or a (hopefully signed) e-mail to the
+system administrator) in order for this type of authentication to
+work.
[OpenSSH](http://openssh.com/) currently provides a functional way to
-managing the RSA and DSA keys required for these interactions through
-the `known_hosts` and `authorized_keys` files. However, it lacks
-any type of [Public Key Infrastructure
+manage the RSA and DSA keys required for these interactions through
+the `known_hosts` and `authorized_keys` files. However, it lacks any
+type of [Public Key Infrastructure
(PKI)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Key_Infrastructure) that
can verify that the keys being used really are the one required or
expected.