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 * **LDAP/AD support**: Harbor integrates with existing enterprise LDAP/AD for user authentication and management, and supports importing LDAP groups into Harbor that can then be given permissions to specific projects.  
 * **OIDC support**: Harbor leverages OpenID Connect (OIDC) to verify the identity of users authenticated by an external authorization server or identity provider. Single sign-on can be enabled to log into the Harbor portal.  
 * **Image deletion & garbage collection**: System admin can run garbage collection jobs so that images(dangling manifests and unreferenced blobs) can be deleted and their space can be freed up periodically.
-* **Notary**: Support signing container images using Docker Content Trust (leveraing Notary) for guaranteeing authenticity and provenance.  In additon, policies that prevent unsigned images from being deployed can also be activated.
+* **Notary**: Support signing container images using Docker Content Trust (leveraging Notary) for guaranteeing authenticity and provenance.  In additon, policies that prevent unsigned images from being deployed can also be activated.
 * **Graphical user portal**: User can easily browse, search repositories and manage projects.
 * **Auditing**: All the operations to the repositories are tracked through logs.
 * **RESTful API**: RESTful APIs are provided to facilitate administrative operations, and are easy to use for integration with external systems. An embedded Swagger UI is available for exploring and testing the API.