From 2f9fe93b98ed32b662212899db6ba2174c1138d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew James Goins Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:07:30 -0400 Subject: Removed docs and website. They will now reside (for my repo) at git://lair.fifthhorseman.net/~mjgoins/monkeysphere.info/ --- website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn | 84 -------------------------- 1 file changed, 84 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn (limited to 'website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn') diff --git a/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn b/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 6df1fbf..0000000 --- a/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,84 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta title="Setup test public server/gpg key"]] - -It would be really useful for people trying out the monkeysphere to be able to -test it with a participating server as soon as they've finished setting things -up. Minimally - just testing the acceptance of the server's identity would be -great. - ---- - -I guess we don't really want to use george for this purpose? Does -someone have a spare virtual machine that we could use for this -purpose? The test machine wouldn't actually have to do any user -authentication, I guess. - --- Big Jimmy. - ---- - -Maybe we should use George? As you point out - it doesn't actually -have to do any user authentication. It seems like a waste to have a -virtual machine that does nothing but deny people's ssh connections. -And - george is already setup and ready to go. --- Sir Jam Jam - ---- - -I like the idea of using George for this. There's nothing wrong with -denying people's ssh connections. Also, we could make public user -account with limited shells that we could add User IDs that we want to -encourage to try out the monkeysphere from that perspective. For -example, if one of the George admins who is listed as an -identity-certifier has already certified Foo T. Bar's key, we could -write a simple note like: - - Dear Foo T. Bar-- - - The user account "foo@george.riseup.net" has been created for - you. You can ssh into it by adding an authentication subkey - to your OpenPGP key and publishing it to the public keyservers - (or to george.riseup.net). The easiest way to do this is with - the monkeysphere. - - You can verify george's ssh host key with the monkeysphere - before you connect to the host. Here's how... - ---dkg - ---- - -So do we agree that george is doing what we want, and we can therefore -close this bug? - --- BJ (jgr) - ---- - -I'm fine with closing this bug, unless we want to set up the limited -shell access/welcome letter like i described above. If we want to do -that, it'd be worth keeping it open until those scripts are written. - -I envision a script you'd invoke like: - - root@george# addmsuser foo 'Foo T. Bar ' - -Which would create the `foo` account, populate -`~foo/.monkeysphere/authorized_user_ids`, make a note in a log -someplace, and send a welcome letter. - ---dkg - ---- - -That idea really seems like a lot more trouble than it's worth to me, -and I'm not really willing to maintain it myself, but if someone else -wants to handle that, that would be fine with me. - --- jgr - ---- - -i'm not really willing to maintain anything extra either, so i'm -closing this ticket as [[bugs/done]]. - ---dkg -- cgit v1.2.3