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AWS efs documentation change

Service: efs · 2025-05-16 · Documentation low

File: efs/latest/ug/efs-different-vpc.md

Summary

Rephrased IAM access control documentation from 'control file system data access' to 'control access to file systems'

Security assessment

Change improves clarity of existing security feature description but doesn't introduce new security documentation or address vulnerabilities. Maintains existing security context about IAM authorization.

Diff

diff --git a/efs/latest/ug/efs-different-vpc.md b/efs/latest/ug/efs-different-vpc.md
index fb26429d4..52b68d6a5 100644
--- a//efs/latest/ug/efs-different-vpc.md
+++ b//efs/latest/ug/efs-different-vpc.md
@@ -42 +42 @@ To complete this tutorial, you must have the following:
-    * A VPC peering connection between the VPC where the EFS file system resides and the VPC where the EC2 instance resides. A _VPC peering connection_ is a networking connection between two VPCs. This type of connection enables you to route traffic between them using private Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) addresses. You can use VPC peering to connect VPCs within the same AWS Region or between AWS Regions. For more information, see [Creating and Accepting a VPC Peering Connection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/peering/create-vpc-peering-connection.html) in the _Amazon VPC Peering Guide_.
+    * A VPC peering connection between the VPC where the EFS file system resides and the VPC where the EC2 instance resides. A _VPC peering connection_ is a networking connection between two VPCs. This type of connection enables you to route traffic between them using private Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) address. You can use VPC peering to connect VPCs within the same AWS Region or between AWS Regions. For more information, see [Creating and Accepting a VPC Peering Connection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/peering/create-vpc-peering-connection.html) in the _Amazon VPC Peering Guide_.
@@ -131 +131 @@ You can now make an entry in the `/etc/hosts` file on the EC2 instance that maps
-  2. Make sure that the VPC security groups for the EC2 instance and mount target have rules that allow access to the EFS file system, as needed. For more information, see [Using VPC security groups for Amazon EC2 instances and mount targets](./network-access.html).
+  2. Make sure that the VPC security groups for the EC2 instance and mount target have rules that allow access to the EFS file system, as needed. For more information, see [Using VPC security groups](./network-access.html).
@@ -138 +138 @@ You can now make an entry in the `/etc/hosts` file on the EC2 instance that maps
-To mount your EFS file system, you first create a mount directory on the EC2 instance. Then, using the EFS mount helper, you can mount the file system with either AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) authorization or an EFS access point. For more information, see [Using IAM to control file system data access](./iam-access-control-nfs-efs.html) and [Working with Amazon EFS access points](./efs-access-points.html).
+To mount your EFS file system, you first create a mount directory on the EC2 instance. Then, using the EFS mount helper, you can mount the file system with either AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) authorization or an EFS access point. For more information, see [Using IAM to control access to file systems](./iam-access-control-nfs-efs.html) and [Working with Amazon EFS access points](./efs-access-points.html).