| Connections | Connecting directly means a separate entry for every server, recreated by hand on every machine and in every client that needs to reach it. | One connection covers every connector you attach |
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| Access | A direct connection hands over whatever that server exposes, because there is no layer in between with the authority to narrow it down. | Granted per person and per tool, with tools kept namespaced |
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| Keys | Direct connections put a copy of every key into every person’s configuration file, which is where credentials go to leak and where rotation quietly fails to reach. | Credentials stay server side, and people connect with a token |
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| Adding a provider | Without a gateway, each person repeats that setup themselves, and you find out who missed a step when something quietly does not work for them. | Added once centrally, with no need to reconnect anyone |
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| Revoking access | With direct connections you have to know every server they held and reach every machine storing those credentials, which in practice means some access quietly survives. | Revoked in one place |
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| Setup to maintain | Connecting directly means one configuration entry per server, per client, per person. Ten tools across five people is fifty pieces of setup to create and later maintain. | One endpoint per person, whatever the tool count |
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