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docs: list benefits at the beginning of the Fleet Engine Auth Library README
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Fleet Engine use JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) to both authenticate and authorize
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incoming requests. This process has several aspects to it and is non-trivial to
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set up.
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set up. This Fleet Engine Auth Library provides a set of tools to simplify the
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setup process.
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The Fleet Engine Auth Library provides a set of tools to simplify the setup
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process. The functionality is best thought of in two buckets, Fleet Engine Roles
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and JWT Signers.
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This library provides the following benefits:
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* Simplifies the process of creating Fleet Engine Tokens.
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* Provides token signing mechanisms other than using credential files (such as
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impersonating a service account.)
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* Attaches signed tokens to outbound requests made from either a gRPC stub or
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GAPIC client.
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Sample scripts are provided in the sample directory. To learn more, see:
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[sample/README.md](sample/README.md).

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