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AWS AWSEC2 medium security documentation change

Service: AWSEC2 · 2025-03-26 · Security-related medium

File: AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/tutorial-ec2-rds-option3.md

Summary

Changed security group configuration instruction from 'Source' to 'Destination' in RDS setup steps

Security assessment

Correcting security group direction (source vs destination) impacts network traffic rules. Misconfiguration could lead to unintended access, making this a security-related documentation fix.

Diff

diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/tutorial-ec2-rds-option3.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/tutorial-ec2-rds-option3.md
index dbc98792a..bdf969ae5 100644
--- a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/tutorial-ec2-rds-option3.md
+++ b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/tutorial-ec2-rds-option3.md
@@ -249 +249 @@ The objective of this task is to reproduce the connection configuration of the a
-      2. For **Source** , choose the RDS database security group **rds-ec2-manual-configuration** that you created in Step 3 of this procedure.
+      2. For **Destination** , choose the RDS database security group **rds-ec2-manual-configuration** that you created in Step 3 of this procedure.