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Service: solutions · 2025-02-27 · Documentation low

File: solutions/latest/security-automations-for-aws-waf/revisions.md

Summary

Simplified revision history by removing detailed change log and pointing to GitHub CHANGELOG.md instead

Security assessment

The change is a documentation restructuring that removes historical details but does not introduce or modify any security-related content

Diff

diff --git a/solutions/latest/security-automations-for-aws-waf/revisions.md
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--- a/solutions/latest/security-automations-for-aws-waf/revisions.md
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@@ -7,33 +7,3 @@
-Date  | Change   
----|---  
-September 2016  | Initial release   
-January 2017  | Clarification on IP address limits in this solution.  
-March 2017  | Additional guidance on creating a cache behavior; updated URLs for AWS Security Blog posts.  
-June 2017  | Added ALB support and updated product limits.  
-November 2017  | Added rate-based rule support for HTTP flood protection; additional links for storing resource access logs.  
-January 2018  | Updated content on regional availability of AWS WAF for Application Load Balancers.  
-December 2018  | Added IPv6 Support, expanded CIDR ranges, and added a monitoring dashboard.  
-April 2019  | AWS WAF logs integration, Amazon Athena integration, and added a configurable log parser.  
-December 2019  |  Added information on support for Node.js update.  
-February 2020  |  Bug fixes and update to the RequestThreshold parameter.  
-June 2020  |  Added Athena cost optimization using partitioning; updated README instruction; fixed a potential DoS issue within Bad Bots X-Forward-For header.  
-July 2020  | Upgraded from AWS WAF Classic to AWS WAFV2 service API.  
-November 2020  | Release version 3.1.0: clarification on HTTP Flood Protection and Scanner & Probe Protection rules for specific Regions; replaced S3 path-type with virtual-hosted style; added partition variable to all ARNs; for more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-September 2021  | Release version 3.2.0: Added IP retention support on Allowed and Denied IP Sets; bug fixes. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-August 2022  | Release version 3.2.1: Added support on WAF oversize handling for request components; added support on WAF sensitivity levels for SQL injection rule statements. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-September 2022  | Updated documentation for customization outside of the solution’s CloudFormation stack.  
-December 2022  | Release version 3.2.2: Added integration with Service Catalog AppRegistry and AWS Systems Manager Application Manager. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-December 2022  | Release version 3.2.3: Add region as prefix to application attribute group name to avoid conflict with name starting with AWS. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-February 2023  | Release version 3.2.4: Upgraded pytest and requests to mitigate CVE. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-March 2023  | Updated documentation for upgrading solution from version 3.0 or 3.1 to 3.2 or newer that has allowed or denied IP addresses.  
-April 2023  | Release version 3.2.5: Mitigated impact caused by new default settings for Amazon S3 Object Ownership (ACLs disabled) for all new Amazon S3 buckets. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-May 2023  | Release version 4.0.0: Added support for new AWS Managed Rules rule groups and updated custom rules. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-May 2023  | Release version 4.0.1: Updated `.gitignore` file to resolve issue of missing files. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-September 2023  | Release version 4.0.2: Refactored code to improve quality. Patched request package vulnerability. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-October 2023 | Release version 4.0.3: Updated package versions to resolve security vulnerabilities. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-November 2023 | Documentation update: Added AWS Developer Support and merged Contact AWS Support into the Troubleshooting section.  
-November 2023 | Documentation update: Added [Confirm cost tags associated with the solution](./confirm-cost-tags-associated-with-the-solution.html) to the Monitoring the solution with AWS Service Catalog AppRegistry section.  
-April 2024 | Documentation update: Clarified instructions for adding an S3 bucket in deployment [step 3](./step-3.-configure-web-access-logging.html).  
-September 2024 | Release version 4.0.4: Updated package versions to resolve security vulnerabilities. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-October 2024 | Release version 4.0.5: Used Poetry for dependency management. Replaced native Python logger with aws_lambda_powertools logger. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
-December 2024 | Release version 4.0.6: Update the lambda to python 3.12. For more information, refer to the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/aws-waf-security-automations/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) file in the GitHub repository.  
+Publication date: _September 2016_
+
+Visit the [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/aws-solutions/security-automations-for-aws-waf/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) in our GitHub repository to track version-specific improvements and fixes.