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AWS location documentation change

Service: location · 2025-08-28 · Documentation low

File: location/latest/developerguide/encryption-at-rest.md

Summary

Updated links to KMS cryptographic details documentation

Security assessment

Links corrected to point to KMS-specific cryptographic documentation. While encryption is security-related, this change does not introduce new security features or address vulnerabilities.

Diff

diff --git a/location/latest/developerguide/encryption-at-rest.md b/location/latest/developerguide/encryption-at-rest.md
index a25155c7e..848075be8 100644
--- a//location/latest/developerguide/encryption-at-rest.md
+++ b//location/latest/developerguide/encryption-at-rest.md
@@ -181 +181 @@ An [encryption context](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/developerguide/co
-AWS KMS uses the encryption context as [additional authenticated data](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/crypto/latest/userguide/cryptography-concepts.html#term-aad) to support [authenticated encryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/crypto/latest/userguide/cryptography-concepts.html#define-authenticated-encryption). When you include an encryption context in a request to encrypt data, AWS KMS binds the encryption context to the encrypted data. To decrypt data, you include the same encryption context in the request.
+AWS KMS uses the encryption context as [additional authenticated data](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/cryptographic-details/aad.html) to support [authenticated encryption](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/cryptographic-details/authenticated-encryption.html). When you include an encryption context in a request to encrypt data, AWS KMS binds the encryption context to the encrypted data. To decrypt data, you include the same encryption context in the request.