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h1. Features

The component BC Gateway enables to create secured (encrypted and authenticated) bridges between Petals domains governed by separate entities.

From the point of view of this BC, one (or several in case of HA) container in each Petals domain will either play the role of provider partner or consumer partner:
* A provider partner, materialised with Consumes SUs, propagates services of its domain to a consumer partner (or several in case of HA) that connects to it.
* A consumer partner, materialised with Provides SUs, connects to a provider partner and create endpoints for the propagated services in its domain.

It is possible to rewrite propagated services (Interface and Service names) in the consumer domain if needed.

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