From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 04:34:39 +0000 (-0400) Subject: commenting on using george as a test public server. X-Git-Tag: monkeysphere_0.8-1~50 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=b17336f72c179e4132f318d4ab69a31dfea560de;p=monkeysphere.git commenting on using george as a test public server. --- diff --git a/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn b/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn index 63ec766..b659b53 100644 --- a/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn +++ b/website/bugs/setup-test-server-for-public.mdwn @@ -19,3 +19,22 @@ authentication, I guess. > 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...