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diff --git a/website/news/plans-for-the-bezoar.mdwn b/website/news/plans-for-the-bezoar.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index ce061ee..0000000 --- a/website/news/plans-for-the-bezoar.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta title="Plans for The Golden Bezoar"]] - -A workday with several Monkeysphere contributors on 2009-01-31 -resulted in a significant reorganization of the project in several -areas, primarily driven by the realization that there are two -fundamentally different concepts on the server side: - -* publishing host keys via the Web-of-Trust (WoT), and -* authenticating users via the WoT. - -For simplicity and clarity, those two concepts should be independent -from each other, but earlier releases of the Monkeysphere tangled the -two up together more than we probably should have. - -So the next release, version 0.23 (a.k.a. *The Golden Bezoar*) will -have the following significant changes: - -* __user interface__: `/usr/sbin/monkeysphere-server` is no more, and - its functionality will be split out into - `/usr/sbin/monkeysphere-host` (for functionality dealing with - publishing the ssh host key through the WoT) and - `/usr/sbin/monkeysphere-authentication` (for functionality dealing - with authenticating users via the - WoT). `/usr/bin/monkeysphere-ssh-proxycommand` has been folded into - `/usr/bin/monkeysphere` itself as a new subcommand. - -* __code__: the subfunctions are now stored in their own separate - files, and sourced as-needed by the three top-level commands. The - test suite has also been re-written to reflect the above UI changes. - -* __documentation__: in addition to making the man pages reflect the - above UI changes, we're rewriting the "getting started" - [documentation](/doc/) to use the conceptually-cleaner distinctions - above. - -* __data storage__: `/var/lib/monkeysphere` itself has been - re-organized with the aim of keeping the host/authentication - distinction clear, simplifying the internal use of `gpg`, and - facilitating privilege-separated access. - -*The Golden Bezoar* will also feature the ability to painlessly -publish your current ssh host key to the WoT without needing to re-key -the server. If you're considering adopting the Monkeysphere in the -near future, we recommend waiting for 0.23 to be released, as it -should be conceptually clearer and easier to use. |