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AWS enclaves documentation change

Service: enclaves · 2025-02-26 · Documentation low

File: enclaves/latest/user/verify-root.md

Summary

Changed terminology from 'SHA256 checksum' to 'fingerprint' for certificate verification

Security assessment

Terminology clarification in existing security documentation without addressing vulnerabilities or adding new security content

Diff

diff --git a/enclaves/latest/user/verify-root.md
index 9294a4e76..0c6dfb50d 100644
--- a/enclaves/latest/user/verify-root.md
+++ b/enclaves/latest/user/verify-root.md
@@ -91 +94 @@ When you request an attestation document from the Nitro Hypervisor, you receive
-Attestation documents are signed by the AWS Nitro Attestation PKI, which includes a root certificate for the commercial AWS partitions. The root certificate can be downloaded from [https://aws-nitro-enclaves.amazonaws.com/AWS_NitroEnclaves_Root-G1.zip](https://aws-nitro-enclaves.amazonaws.com/AWS_NitroEnclaves_Root-G1.zip), and it can be verified using the following SHA256 checksum.
+Attestation documents are signed by the AWS Nitro Attestation PKI, which includes a root certificate for the commercial AWS partitions. The root certificate can be downloaded from [https://aws-nitro-enclaves.amazonaws.com/AWS_NitroEnclaves_Root-G1.zip](https://aws-nitro-enclaves.amazonaws.com/AWS_NitroEnclaves_Root-G1.zip), and it can be verified using the following fingerprint.