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  This section covers the internals of Vault and explains technical details of Vaults operation.
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# Vault Internals

This section covers the internals of Vault and explains the technical
details of how Vault functions, its architecture and security properties.

-> **Note:** Knowledge of Vault internals is not
required to use Vault. If you aren't interested in the internals
of Vault, you may safely skip this section. If you're operating Vault,
we recommend understanding the internals.