'''The Monkeysphere Project''' is an open-source project to extend the web of trust found in GnuPG and OpenPGP to securely identify servers we connect to. It's is designed as a potential solution to eliminate reliance on the certificate authorities found with SSL and make host key checking with OpenSSH much more convenient.

The ==Script Installation=={{Template:Version|Ubuntu 10.04}} Add the Monkeysphere APT repository to <code>/etc/apt/sources.list</code>.<pre>echo 'deb http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental monkeyspheredeb-src http://archive.monkeysphere.info/debian experimental monkeysphere' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list</pre> Then [[VTLUUGhttp://web.monkeysphere.info/archive-key/ trust the Monkeysphere key after verification]] currently has SSH host keys available in . Now make sure that apt is up to date, install the Monkeysphere for [[acidburn]]packages, and configure Monkeysphere to run.<pre>$ sudo apt-get update$ sudo apt-get install monkeysphere monkeysphere-validation-agent$ echo 'USE_VALIDATION_AGENT=true' >> ~/.monkeysphere/monkeysphere.conf</pre> ==Browser Plugin Installation==Next, download, compile and install the browser plugin with git.<pre>$ git clone git://git.monkeysphere.info/xul-ext-monkeysphere$ cd xul-ext-monkeysphere$ make</pre> To install the plugin, [[milton]]open the .xul file in your browser and choose the install option. Lastly, log out and [[wood]]log back in to have the Monkeysphere validation agent launch automatically. To test, try navigating to https://vtluug. The keys are org without the self-signed by [[User:mutantmonkey|mutantmonkey]]certificate trusted. A monkey icon in the bottom left should spin as the trust is checked. Eventually, the certificate warning page should be bypassed if the certificate can be authenticated through the web of trust. Otherwise, the monkey face will be crossed out with red.