From 34b909d61bd1bba32376d20465b7484ecc4aadf8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: raffitz Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2022 12:21:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add README --- README.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9494d43 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +# Pykeyserver + +An HKP server built on python. + +Not meant for use in production! +Do not use this in production! + +This was developed in a classroom environment for a classroom environment: to share temporary keys generated by students amongst themselves, without contaminating or interfering with notable public keyservers. + +Due to hardware restrictions, notable alternatives such as [Hockeypuck](https://github.com/hockeypuck/hockeypuck) or [Hagrid](https://gitlab.com/hagrid-keyserver/hagrid) were not suitable. + +[SKS](https://github.com/SKS-Keyserver/sks-keyserver)'s lack of post-systemd documentation (every single configuration document I read mentioned initscripts) made it unsuitable as well.