Category: Announcements

Introduction Unlike traditional VPN-based approaches, AWS Verified Access evaluates multiple dimensions of access, including user identity, device posture, and application-specific policies. This means organizations can ensure that only fully authenticated and authorized users can access sensitive resources, regardless of their physical network location. The result is a more flexible, secure, and manageable approach to enterprise […]

Introduction Today Amazon Web Services (AWS) is enhancing subnet management capabilities of Network Load Balancer (NLB). NLBs were previously restricted to only adding subnets in new Availability Zones (AZs), and they now support full subnet management, including removal of subnets, matching the capabilities of Application Load Balancer (ALB). This enhancement offers organizations greater control over […]

Introduction In this post, we discuss VPC Lattice Transport Layer Security (TLS) Passthrough feature. We walk through how users designed workloads prior to this feature, what this feature provides, and best practices for implementing TLS passthrough communication using VPC Lattice. AWS announced the general availability of TLS Passthrough for VPC Lattice, which allows users to […]

This post was co-authored by: George Oakes, Senior Specialist Solutions Architect; Wafa Adeel, Senior Product Manager; and Devin Taylor, Senior Software Engineer Overview AWS PrivateLink offers a secure and simple way of sharing and accessing services across VPCs and accounts. All traffic stays on AWS network without going over the public internet. Until now the […]

Today, we’re announcing Amazon Application Recovery Controller (ARC) zonal shift support for Application Load Balancers (ALB) with cross-zone load balancing enabled. This complements the support for Network Load Balancers (NLB) using cross-zone load balancing we announced previously. Now you can use zonal shift with both NLBs and ALBs, with or without cross-zone load balancing configured, […]

DNS is a key component of modern computing, a phone book for IP addresses. It is distinct from other protocols in the application stack. Because it is queried early in the request by a client, DNS is well suited to relay application-specific information back to a client as early as possible. This additional data can […]

Update: Sep 10, 2024 – Corrected a CloudWatch metric name. Amazon Web Service (AWS) Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) is a managed AWS service that allows you to insert third-party firewall appliances into the data path. GWLB helps you deploy, scale, and manage third-party appliances, and it acts as a bump-in-the-wire device and passes traffic transparently […]

In May 2024, Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new feature for internet-facing Application Load Balancers. This enhancement allows you to provision an internet-facing Application Load Balancer without needing public IPv4 addresses, enabling clients to connect using only IPv6 addresses. To connect, clients resolve the AAAA DNS records assigned to the Application Load Balancer. The […]

The AWS World IPv6 Day Celebration is a free in-person event. Join us for technical presentations from AWS experts plus a workshop and whiteboarding session. You will learn how to get started with IPv6 and hear from customers who have started on the journey of IPv6 adoption. Be ready to ask AWS experts questions on […]

Introduction Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is the foundational networking construct used by customers to deploy workloads on AWS. To examine VPC traffic and gain insights into communication patterns, customers collect and analyze VPC Flow Logs, leveraging the capabilities and features AWS has continuously added since 2015. You can get started with Flow Logs by […]