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-Boundary is an identity-aware proxy that provides a simple, secure way to access hosts and critical systems on your network.
+Boundary is an identity-aware proxy that provides a simple and secure way to access hosts and critical systems on your network.
With Boundary you can:
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Boundary consists of two server components:
-* **Controller**, which serves the API and coordinate session requests
+* **Controller**, which serves the API and coordinates session requests
* **Workers**, which perform session handling
A real-world Boundary installation will likely consist of one or more
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ authorized sessions to resources across a network.
-Boundary does _not_ require software to be installed on your hosts and services.
+Boundary does _not_ require any software to be installed on your hosts and services.
## Requirements