AWS AWSEC2 documentation change
Summary
Updated IPv6 terminology and removed note about private IPv6 CLI support
Security assessment
Clarifies connection types and fixes typos but does not explicitly address security issues or document security features.
Diff
diff --git a/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-connect-methods.md b/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-connect-methods.md index e8ddc6374..b2413c952 100644 --- a//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-connect-methods.md +++ b//AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-instance-connect-methods.md @@ -40 +40 @@ You can connect to an instance using EC2 Instance Connect through the Amazon EC2 -To connect using the Amazon EC2 console, the instance must have either a public IPv4 or a public IPv6 address. If the instance only has a private IPv4 address, you can use the ec2-instance-connect AWS CLI to connect. +To connect using the Amazon EC2 console, the instance must have either a public IPv4 or IPv6 address. If the instance only has a private IPv4 address, you can use the ec2-instance-connect AWS CLI to connect. @@ -78 +78 @@ EC2 Instance Connect tries to connect using the instance's IP addresses in the f - 3. Public IPv6: `direct` + 3. IPv6: `direct` @@ -90 +90 @@ EC2 Instance Connect tries to connect using the instance's IP addresses in the f - 2. Public IPv6 + 2. IPv6 @@ -104,3 +104 @@ EC2 Instance Connect tries to connect using the instance's private IPv4 address -In the future, we might change the behavior of the `auto` connection type. To ensure that your desired connection type is used, we recommend that you explictly set the `--connection-type` to either `direct` or `eice`. - -Connecting to a _private_ IPv6 address is not supported when using the [ec2-instance-connect](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2-instance-connect/index.html) AWS CLI. +In the future, we might change the behavior of the `auto` connection type. To ensure that your desired connection type is used, we recommend that you explicitly set the `--connection-type` to either `direct` or `eice`.