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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/docker/libtrust/README.md b/vendor/github.com/docker/libtrust/README.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..dcffb31ae --- /dev/null +++ b/vendor/github.com/docker/libtrust/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +# libtrust + +> **WARNING** this library is no longer actively developed, and will be integrated +> in the [docker/distribution][https://www.github.com/docker/distribution] +> repository in future. + +Libtrust is library for managing authentication and authorization using public key cryptography. + +Authentication is handled using the identity attached to the public key. +Libtrust provides multiple methods to prove possession of the private key associated with an identity. + - TLS x509 certificates + - Signature verification + - Key Challenge + +Authorization and access control is managed through a distributed trust graph. +Trust servers are used as the authorities of the trust graph and allow caching portions of the graph for faster access. + +## Copyright and license + +Code and documentation copyright 2014 Docker, inc. Code released under the Apache 2.0 license. +Docs released under Creative commons. + |