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AWS directconnect documentation change

Service: directconnect · 2025-08-19 · Documentation low

File: directconnect/latest/UserGuide/virtualgateways.md

Summary

Updated description of Direct Connect gateway associations

Security assessment

Change clarifies networking configuration but contains no security-specific content

Diff

diff --git a/directconnect/latest/UserGuide/virtualgateways.md b/directconnect/latest/UserGuide/virtualgateways.md
index 11a61c395..47f0ffeaa 100644
--- a//directconnect/latest/UserGuide/virtualgateways.md
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@@ -7 +7 @@
-You can use an AWS Direct Connect gateway to connect your AWS Direct Connect connection over a private virtual interface to one or more VPCs in any account that are located in the same or different Regions. You associate a Direct Connect gateway with the virtual private gateway for the VPC. Then, you create a private virtual interface for your AWS Direct Connect connection to the Direct Connect gateway. You can attach multiple private virtual interfaces to your Direct Connect gateway.
+You can associate a virtual private gateway with a Direct Connect gateway to enable connectivity between your AWS Direct Connect connection and VPCs across different accounts and Regions. Each VPC requires a virtual private gateway that you associate with the Direct Connect gateway. Once these associations are established, you create private virtual interfaces on your Direct Connect connection to the Direct Connect gateway, allowing multiple VPCs to share the same Direct Connect connection through their respective virtual private gateway associations..