From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 01:23:27 +0000 (-0400) Subject: more work on the text of the web site homepage. X-Git-Tag: monkeysphere_0.13-1~28 X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f4e9793240c11fbbd699b697370281f20bd7a89d;p=monkeysphere.git more work on the text of the web site homepage. --- 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 ##