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What is an MCP gateway? And where authorization actually fits

calendar_today August 8, 2026 person Alex Olivier domain cerbos

An MCP gateway routes and manages traffic to MCP servers, but routing is not authorization. Here is what a gateway does, where the authorization gap is, and how to close it.

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