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Add functional to logical description (#11263)
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Based on the gap analysis.
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mladlow committed May 11, 2021
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Expand Up @@ -26,9 +26,12 @@ To help address this problem, Vault includes a feature called _response
wrapping_. When requested, Vault can take the response it would have sent to an
HTTP client and instead insert it into the
[`cubbyhole`](/docs/secrets/cubbyhole) of a single-use token,
returning that single-use token instead. Logically speaking, the response is
returning that single-use token instead.

Logically speaking, the response is
wrapped by the token, and retrieving it requires an unwrap operation against
this token.
this token. Functionally speaking, the token provides authorization to use
an encryption key from Vault's keyring to decrypt the data.

This provides a powerful mechanism for information sharing in many
environments. In the types of scenarios, described above, often the best
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