Information about the package, monkeysphere, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The monkeysphere package is designed for, Use the OpenPGP web of trust to verify SSH connections.
Package Name:
monkeysphere
Summary:
Use the OpenPGP web of trust to verify SSH connections
Description:
SSH key-based authentication is tried-and-true, but it lacks a true Public Key Infrastructure for key certification, revocation and expiration. Monkeysphere is a framework that uses the OpenPGP web of trust for these PKI functions. It can be used in both directions: for users to get validated host keys, and for hosts to authenticate users.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
0.37
Release:
1.el6
Size:
91 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv3+
Control the monkeysphere package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install monkeysphere
This command will install monkeysphere on the server.
yum remove monkeysphere
This command will un-install monkeysphere on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove monkeysphere, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove monkeysphere
This command will un-install monkeysphere on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove monkeysphere when using the -y flag.
yum update monkeysphere
This command will update monkeysphere to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove monkeysphere, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update monkeysphere
This command will update monkeysphere to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove monkeysphere when using the -y flag.
yum info monkeysphere
This command will show you core information about the monkeysphere package.
yum deplist monkeysphere
This command will show you the dependencies for monkeysphere. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update monkeysphere
This command will check if there is an update waiting on monkeysphere. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.