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@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ Sree Harsha Totakura <sreeharsha@totakura.in>
 Florian Dold
 Christian Grothoff <christian@grothoff.org>
 Benedikt Mueller
+Marcello Stanisci
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+The 'twister' component is a HTTP proxy which accepts
+commands to modify the requests or responses it forwards.
+
+It is used in Taler to trigger error handling while testing
+REST components.