monkeyscan(1) sign a key in a safe fashion using a webcam to scan for qr-codes

SYNOPSIS

monkeyscan [options]

DESCRIPTION

This command will fire up a graphical interface and turn on the webcam (if available) on this computer. It will also display a qr-code of your main OpenPGP key.

The webcam is used to capture an OpenPGP fingerprint represented as a qrcode (or whatever the zbar library can parse) and then go through a signing process.

The signature is then encrypted and mailed to the user. This leave the choice of publishing the certification to that person and makes sure that person owns the identity signed.

This program assumes you have gpg-agent configure to prompt for passwords.

OPTIONS

-h, --help
show this help message and exit
--version
show version information and quit
-d, --debug
request debugging information from GPG engine (lots of garbage)
-v, --verbose
explain what we do along the way
-n, --dry-run
do not actually do anything
-u USER, --user=USER
user id to sign the key with (equivalent to GPG's --local-user option)
--cert-level=CERTLEVEL
certification level to sign the key with (equivalent to GPG's --default-cert-level)
-l, --local
import in normal keyring a local certification
-k KEYSERVER, --keyserver=KEYSERVER
keyserver to fetch keys from
-s SMTPSERVER, --smtp=SMTPSERVER
SMTP server to use, use a colon to specify the port number if non-standard
--smtpuser=SMTPUSER
username for the SMTP server (default: no user)
--smtppass=SMTPPASS
password for the SMTP server (default: prompted, if --smtpuser is specified)
--no-mail
do not send email at all (default: use sendmail)
-t TO, --to=TO
override destination email for testing (default: send individually encrypted email to each uid chosen)

AUTHORS

monkeysign was written by Antoine Beaupré <[email protected]>.

DISTRIBUTION

The latest version of monkeysign may be downloaded from