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Model Context Protocol (MCP)

An open standard that lets a language model discover and invoke external tools exposed by an MCP server, over a local stdio transport or a remote Streamable HTTP transport. Because MCP tools are arbitrary code with their own credentials, an authentication flaw on an MCP endpoint grants access to every connected system.

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How MCP Gateways Work and Why They Concentrate Risk

An LLM gateway concentrates provider keys; an MCP gateway concentrates tool access. Put them in one process and a single fail-open auth path exposes everything behind it.

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