From f07c91255734d92b8f1975ced48bf4ea13911df6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cmo-pomerium <91488121+cmo-pomerium@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 08:45:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md (#3569)

Co-authored-by: cmo-pomerium <91488121+cmo-pomerium@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: bobby <1544881+desimone@users.noreply.github.com>
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 [![LICENSE](https://img.shields.io/github/license/pomerium/pomerium.svg)](https://github.com/pomerium/pomerium/blob/main/LICENSE)
 ![Docker Pulls](https://img.shields.io/docker/pulls/pomerium/pomerium)
 
-Pomerium is an identity-aware proxy that enables secure access to internal applications. Pomerium provides a standardized interface to add access control to applications regardless of whether the application itself has authorization or authentication baked-in. Pomerium gateways both internal and external requests, and can be used in situations where you'd typically reach for a VPN.
+Pomerium is an identity and context-aware reverse proxy that brokers secure access to apps and services at scale. Pomerium provides a standardized interface to add access control to applications regardless of whether the application itself has authorization or authentication baked-in.
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+Pomerium can be used in situations where you'd typically reach for a VPN, but, unlike a VPN, does not require a client and uses identity and context, not network locality to determine access.
 
 Pomerium can be used to: