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AWS AmazonRDS documentation change

Service: AmazonRDS · 2025-07-25 · Documentation low

File: AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.SSL.md

Summary

Updated certificate authority common names to include 'Root CA' in descriptions

Security assessment

Clarifies SSL certificate hierarchy documentation, which helps with proper certificate validation - a security best practice, but doesn't address a specific vulnerability.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.SSL.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.SSL.md
index 1b6d74f25..bd82688cd 100644
--- a//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.SSL.md
+++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/UsingWithRDS.SSL.md
@@ -48,3 +48,3 @@ Certificate authority (CA) | Description | Common name (CN)
-rds-ca-rsa2048-g1 |  Uses a certificate authority with RSA 2048 private key algorithm and SHA256 signing algorithm in most AWS Regions. In the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, this CA uses a certificate authority with RSA 2048 private key algorithm and SHA384 signing algorithm. This CA supports automatic server certificate rotation. | Amazon RDS `region-identifier` RSA2048 G1  
-rds-ca-rsa4096-g1 |  Uses a certificate authority with RSA 4096 private key algorithm and SHA384 signing algorithm. This CA supports automatic server certificate rotation.  | Amazon RDS `region-identifier` RSA4096 G1  
-rds-ca-ecc384-g1 |  Uses a certificate authority with ECC 384 private key algorithm and SHA384 signing algorithm. This CA supports automatic server certificate rotation.  | Amazon RDS `region-identifier` ECC384 G1  
+rds-ca-rsa2048-g1 |  Uses a certificate authority with RSA 2048 private key algorithm and SHA256 signing algorithm in most AWS Regions. In the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions, this CA uses a certificate authority with RSA 2048 private key algorithm and SHA384 signing algorithm. This CA supports automatic server certificate rotation. | Amazon RDS `region-identifier` Root CA RSA2048 G1  
+rds-ca-rsa4096-g1 |  Uses a certificate authority with RSA 4096 private key algorithm and SHA384 signing algorithm. This CA supports automatic server certificate rotation.  | Amazon RDS `region-identifier` Root CA RSA4096 G1  
+rds-ca-ecc384-g1 |  Uses a certificate authority with ECC 384 private key algorithm and SHA384 signing algorithm. This CA supports automatic server certificate rotation.  | Amazon RDS `region-identifier` Root CA ECC384 G1