From 827a63f458eeb1dff2f2c2a218b759d74b0850b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brandon Philips Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:47:31 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] README: explain the name dex People are going to ask, might as well get it out there. --- README.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 46015095..71e7c074 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ dex [![Docker Repository on Quay.io](https://quay.io/repository/coreos/dex/status?token=5a9732e4-53d6-4419-b56b-9f784f7f9233 "Docker Repository on Quay.io")](https://quay.io/repository/coreos/dex) - dex is a federated identity management service. It provides OpenID Connect (OIDC) to users, while it proxies to multiple remote identity providers (IdP) to drive actual authentication. +We named the project 'dex' beceause it is a central index of users that other pieces of software can authenticate against. ## Architecture