# HG changeset patch # User Paul Boddie # Date 1381931959 -7200 # Node ID 7126024eb88a9f5017f4bd5743ed4736a4f2f0f0 # Parent 4a868ec967ef2189209e985c88f442ddaca2e24d Minor formatting and naming changes. diff -r 4a868ec967ef -r 7126024eb88a README.txt --- a/README.txt Wed Oct 16 01:26:19 2013 +0200 +++ b/README.txt Wed Oct 16 15:59:19 2013 +0200 @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ Note that this script may need re-running after the homedir has been changed by gpg operations as gpg likes to remove permissions from various files. +Configuring GPG: Signing Keys +----------------------------- + To be in any way useful, signing keys must be made available within this homedir so that incoming messages can have their senders verified. @@ -42,7 +45,11 @@ gpg --homedir WIKI/gnupg --import 1C1AAF83.asc -For the wiki to receive encrypted data, a key for the wiki must be created: +Configuring GPG: Encryption Keys +-------------------------------- + +For the wiki to receive and decrypt encrypted data, a key for the wiki must be +created: gpg --homedir WIKI/gnupg --gen-key @@ -61,6 +68,9 @@ gpg --import 0891463A.asc +This key can also be used to sign relayed messages, and this is described in +more detail below. + Configuring the Wiki -------------------- @@ -136,7 +146,7 @@ wikis and sending them on, a user is required for this purpose. You could create such a user as follows: -moin --config-dir=WIKI account create --name=MessageRelay --email=messagerelay +moin --config-dir=WIKI account create --name=RelayingUser --email=messagerelay (You may need to run this command as the Web server user to be able to change the wiki installation, as well as indicating the full path to the moin program @@ -144,7 +154,7 @@ After doing this, you could define an entry for the relaying user as follows: - fingerprint:: MessageRelay + fingerprint:: RelayingUser Here, "fingerprint" should be substituted for a key fingerprint used by a partner wiki to sign messages that it then sends to this wiki. See the next