AWS AmazonRDS documentation change
Summary
Added entries for RDS Oracle bare metal support, MariaDB 11.8 support, and ECDSA cipher suites/ECC certificates support for Oracle
Security assessment
The ECDSA cipher suites/ECC certificates addition documents enhanced cryptographic security features (stronger encryption algorithms), but there's no evidence of addressing a specific vulnerability. This is a security feature enhancement.
Diff
diff --git a/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/WhatsNew.md b/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/WhatsNew.md index 3763f4034..964d49bbd 100644 --- a//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/WhatsNew.md +++ b//AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/WhatsNew.md @@ -18,0 +19,3 @@ Change| Description| Date +RDS for Oracle and RDS Custom for Oracle support bare metal instance classes| RDS for Oracle and RDS Custom for Oracle now support bare metal instance classes for Enterprise Edition with BYOL. Bare metal instances give your applications direct access to the processor and memory resources of the underlying server. For more information, see [DB instance classes](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.DBInstanceClass.html) and [DB instance class support for RDS Custom for Oracle](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/custom-oracle-feature-support.html#custom-reqs-limits.instances).| August 27, 2025 +Amazon RDS supports MariaDB 11.8| You can now create Amazon RDS DB instances running MariaDB version 11.8. For more information, see [MariaDB on Amazon RDS versions](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/MariaDB.Concepts.VersionMgmt.html).| August 25, 2025 +Amazon RDS for Oracle supports ECDSA cipher suites and ECC certificates| Amazon RDS for Oracle now supports Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (ECDSA) cipher suites for the SSL and OEM Agent options. These cipher suites are compatible with ECC certificates. For more information, see [ Certificate compatibility with cipher suites](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Appendix.Oracle.Options.SSL.html#Appendix.Oracle.Options.SSL.CertificateCompatibility) for the SSL option and [ Certificate compatibility with cipher suites](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Oracle.Options.OEMAgent.html#Oracle.Options.OEMAgent.CertificateCompatibility) for the OEM Agent option.| August 25, 2025