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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.
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: