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AWS efs medium security documentation change

Service: efs · 2025-10-01 · Security-related medium

File: efs/latest/ug/mounting-fs-mount-cmd-dns-name.md

Summary

Added explicit NFS port 2049 requirement in security group rule documentation

Security assessment

Specifying port 2049 enforces least-privilege network access for NFS mounting, reducing potential attack surface

Diff

diff --git a/efs/latest/ug/mounting-fs-mount-cmd-dns-name.md b/efs/latest/ug/mounting-fs-mount-cmd-dns-name.md
index 002c4f9f4..100cffa08 100644
--- a//efs/latest/ug/mounting-fs-mount-cmd-dns-name.md
+++ b//efs/latest/ug/mounting-fs-mount-cmd-dns-name.md
@@ -9 +9 @@
-Prior to mounting your file system, you need to add a rule to the mount target security group that allows inbound NFS access from the EC2 security group. For more information, see [Using VPC security groups](./network-access.html).
+Prior to mounting your file system, you need to add a rule to the mount target security group that allows inbound NFS access on port 2049 from the EC2 security group. For more information, see [Using VPC security groups](./network-access.html).