From 1cde31af7d02322a2687d9f100c17da190e5c82f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bobbyrullo <bobbyrullo@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 18:04:40 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md
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README.md | 6 +++---
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dex
dex is a federated identity management service. It provides OpenID Connect (OIDC) to users, and can proxy to multiple remote identity providers (IdP) to drive actual authentication, as well as managing local username/password credentials.
-We named the project 'dex' beceause it is a central index of users that other pieces of software can authenticate against.
+We named the project 'dex' because it is a central index of users that other pieces of software can authenticate against.
## Architecture
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ dex consists of multiple components:
- host a user-facing API that drives the OIDC protocol
- proxy to remote identity providers via "connectors"
- provides an API for administrators to manage users.
-- **dex-overlord** is an auxiliary process responsible for two things:
+- **dex-overlord** is an auxiliary process responsible for various administrative tasks:
- rotation of keys used by the workers to sign identity tokens
- garbage collection of stale data in the database
- provides an API for bootstrapping the system.
-- **dexctl** is CLI tool used to manage an dex deployment
+- **dexctl** is a CLI tool used to manage a dex deployment
- configure identity provider connectors
- administer OIDC client identities
- **database**; a database is used to for persistent storage for keys, users,
--
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