From bda681bf22f035527080e7f857d785759b141647 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andreas Auernhammer Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2020 10:17:54 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update README.md --- README.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index aa575f97..237da5ad 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -# Kes -Kes is a tool for managing and distributing secret keys at scale. In particular, it decouples a traditional key-management-system (KMS) - like AWS-KMS or Hashicorp Vault from large-scale and high-performance applications. +# KES +KES is a stateless and distributed key-management system for high-performance applications. We built KES as the bridge between modern applications - running as containers on [Kubernetes](https://kubernetes.io) - and centralized KMS solutions. Therefore, KES has been designed to be simple, scalable and secure by default. It has just a few knobs to tweak instead of a complex configuration and does not require a deep understanding of secure key-management or cryptography. ## Architecture [![KES](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/minio/kes/master/.github/arch.png)](https://min.io) @@ -39,4 +39,4 @@ GO111MODULE=on go get github.com/minio/kes/cmd/kes For your first steps checkout our [Getting Started](https://github.com/minio/kes/wiki/Getting-Started) guide. ## License -Use of `kes` is governed by the AGPLv3 license that can be found in the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file. +Use of `KES` is governed by the AGPLv3 license that can be found in the [LICENSE](./LICENSE) file.