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       <p style="margin-top: var(--spacing-md);"><strong><code class="inline">zddc-server</code></strong> is a small Go binary purpose-built to serve ZDDC archives. <em>Any</em> web server gives you online mode; <code class="inline">zddc-server</code> adds things a generic web server can't:</p>
 
       <ul class="feature-list">
-        <li><strong>Access control via <code class="inline">.zddc</code> files.</strong> Behind a reverse proxy that authenticates users and sets an <code class="inline">X-Auth-Request-Email</code> request header, <code class="inline">zddc-server</code> consults YAML <code class="inline">.zddc</code> files in directories — cascading bottom-up; deeper rules override. No database, no admin UI.</li>
+        <li><strong>Access control via <code class="inline">.zddc</code> files.</strong> Behind a reverse proxy that authenticates users and sets an <code class="inline">X-Auth-Request-Email</code> request header, <code class="inline">zddc-server</code> consults YAML <code class="inline">.zddc</code> files in directories — cascading bottom-up; deeper rules override. Common shapes (paired open/closed projects + third-party-restricted vendor folders) are documented with worked examples in the <a href="https://codeberg.org/VARASYS/ZDDC/src/branch/main/zddc/README.md#access-control-the-zddc-cascade">access-control reference</a>. No database, no admin UI.</li>
+        <li><strong>OPA-compatible policy decider.</strong> Federal and other regulated customers can swap the built-in evaluator for an external <a href="https://www.openpolicyagent.org/" rel="noopener">Open Policy Agent</a> server with their own audited Rego policies — set <code class="inline">ZDDC_OPA_URL</code> and the same <code class="inline">.zddc</code> files become inputs to your engine instead of ours. Wire format is OPA-canonical (<code class="inline">POST /v1/data/zddc/access/allow</code>). Default mode adds zero new dependencies; external mode is a configuration flip.</li>
         <li><strong>Virtual <code class="inline">.archive</code> URL space.</strong> <code class="inline">GET /Project/.archive/123-XYZ.html</code> resolves to the canonical revision file at request time. Computed from filenames; no cache, no separate index file.</li>
-        <li><strong>Per-request access logging</strong> keyed to the authenticated user.</li>
+        <li><strong>Per-request access logging</strong> keyed to the authenticated user; conservative HTTP timeouts; optional file-tee for offline audit (production deployments typically leave logs on stdout for the orchestrator's pipeline to handle).</li>
         <li><strong>TLS, ETags, conditional GET, CORS, autoindex.</strong> The mundane glue.</li>
       </ul>
 
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       <h2>Learn more</h2>
       <ul style="line-height: 1.9;">
         <li><a href="reference.html">Technical Reference</a> — the full ZDDC convention: filename format, tracking numbers, revisions, status codes, folder naming, transmittal workflow.</li>
+        <li><a href="https://codeberg.org/VARASYS/ZDDC/src/branch/main/zddc/README.md#access-control-the-zddc-cascade">Access control reference</a> — cascade rules, common deployment shapes (paired open/closed projects + third-party-vendor folders), anti-patterns, a five-minute verify-it-works recipe, the federal-readiness gap analysis with NIST control references, and the OPA-compatible decider configuration.</li>
         <li><a href="releases/">All releases</a> — every version and channel build of every tool, with per-version pin URLs.</li>
         <li><a href="https://codeberg.org/VARASYS/ZDDC">codeberg.org/VARASYS/ZDDC</a> — source code, issue tracker, contributor docs.</li>
       </ul>