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diff --git a/website/index.mdwn b/website/index.mdwn index 81da609..a3329d4 100644 --- a/website/index.mdwn +++ b/website/index.mdwn @@ -1,17 +1,20 @@ [[!template id="nav"]] +[[toc ]] + 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 +new 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. +In other words, it allows you to use secure shell as you normally do, +but to identify yourself and the servers you administer or connect to +with your OpenPGP keys. OpenPGP keys are tracked via GnuPG, and +monkeysphere manages the `known_hosts` and `authorized_keys` files +used by OpenSSH for authentication, checking them for cryptographic +validity. ## Conceptual overview ## |