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AWS res medium security documentation change

Service: res · 2025-07-19 · Security-related medium

File: res/archive/release-minus-4/ug/launch-the-product.md

Summary

Multiple parameter changes including AMI support restrictions, IAM parameter removals, VPC ID->IP change, LDAP configuration updates, and split service account credentials

Security assessment

Security improvements include: 1) Restricting AMI support to Amazon Linux 2 (security through supported OS), 2) Separating service account credentials with Secrets Manager integration (secure credential storage), 3) Adding SudoersOU for privilege management. The VpcId parameter change from 'ID' to 'IP' appears to be a typo but could lead to misconfiguration risks.

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