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AWS general documentation change

Service: general · 2025-04-23 · Documentation low

File: general/latest/gr/rande.md

Summary

Updated list of global services with corrected links and descriptions, added note about FIPS endpoints, and updated documentation links

Security assessment

The change adds a note about FIPS endpoints, which are security-related compliance endpoints. However, there's no evidence of addressing a specific security vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/general/latest/gr/rande.md b/general/latest/gr/rande.md
index 39531b5bb..59532accf 100644
--- a//general/latest/gr/rande.md
+++ b//general/latest/gr/rande.md
@@ -93 +93 @@ The following services support Regional endpoints but also support a general end
-Global services do not support Regions. The following services each have a single global endpoint:
+The following services each have a global endpoint that spans AWS Regions:
@@ -95 +95 @@ Global services do not support Regions. The following services each have a singl
-  * Amazon CloudFront
+  * [AWS Cloud WAN](./cloudwan.html#cloudwan_region)
@@ -97 +97 @@ Global services do not support Regions. The following services each have a singl
-  * AWS Global Accelerator
+  * [Amazon CloudFront](./cf_region.html)
@@ -99 +99 @@ Global services do not support Regions. The following services each have a singl
-  * AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
+  * [AWS Global Accelerator](./global_accelerator.html#global_accelerator_region)
@@ -101 +101 @@ Global services do not support Regions. The following services each have a singl
-  * AWS Network Manager
+  * [AWS Identity and Access Management](./iam-service.html#iam_region) (IAM)
@@ -103 +103 @@ Global services do not support Regions. The following services each have a singl
-  * AWS Organizations
+  * [AWS Organizations](./ao.html#ao_region)
@@ -105 +105 @@ Global services do not support Regions. The following services each have a singl
-  * Amazon Route 53
+  * [Amazon Route 53](./r53.html#r53_region)
@@ -107 +107 @@ Global services do not support Regions. The following services each have a singl
-  * AWS Shield Advanced
+  * [AWS Shield Advanced](./shield.html#shield_region)
@@ -109 +109 @@ Global services do not support Regions. The following services each have a singl
-  * AWS WAF Classic
+  * [AWS WAF Classic](./waf-classic.html#waf-classic_region)
@@ -113,0 +114,2 @@ Global services do not support Regions. The following services each have a singl
+Note that some of these services have additional endpoints, such as FIPS endpoints.
+
@@ -120 +122 @@ You can view the AWS service endpoints using the following options:
-  * To programmatically check for service availability using the SDK for Java, see [Checking for Service Availability in an AWS Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/v2/developer-guide/java-dg-region-selection.html#region-selection-query-service) in the _AWS SDK for Java Developer Guide_.
+  * To programmatically check for service availability using the SDK for Java, see [Check for service availability in an Region](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sdk-for-java/v2/developer-guide/java-dg-region-selection.html#region-selection-query-service) in the _AWS SDK for Java Developer Guide_.
@@ -122 +124 @@ You can view the AWS service endpoints using the following options:
-  * To programmatically view Region and service information using Systems Manager, see [Calling AWS Service, Region, and Endpoint Public Parameters ](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/parameter-store-public-parameters.html#parameter-store-public-parameters-global-infrastructure) in the _AWS Systems Manager User Guide_. For information about how to use public parameters, see [Query for AWS Regions, Endpoints, and More Using AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-query-for-aws-regions-endpoints-and-more-using-aws-systems-manager-parameter-store/).
+  * To programmatically view Region and service information using Systems Manager, see [Calling public parameters for AWS services, Regions, endpoints, and zones in parameter store](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/parameter-store-public-parameters-global-infrastructure.html) in the _AWS Systems Manager User Guide_. For information about how to use public parameters, see [Query for AWS Regions, Endpoints, and More Using AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-query-for-aws-regions-endpoints-and-more-using-aws-systems-manager-parameter-store/).