Posted On: Mar 4, 2022

You can now configure your database connections on Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition from an allowable list of ciphers. Configurable cipher suites provide you more security control over the connection encryption that your database server accepts.

The supported ciphers include the following:

  • DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA
  • DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256
  • DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
  • DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA
  • DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256
  • DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
  • ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA
  • ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256
  • ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256
  • ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA
  • ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384
  • ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384

For more information on securing and configuring your database connections, visit Aurora PostgreSQL.

Amazon Aurora combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. It provides up to three times better performance than the typical PostgreSQL database, together with increased scalability, durability, and security. For more information, please visit the Amazon Aurora product page.