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AWS vm-import documentation change

Service: vm-import · 2025-10-22 · Documentation low

File: vm-import/latest/userguide/infrastructure-security.md

Summary

Removed a sentence about using access keys, secret access keys, or AWS STS for signing API requests.

Security assessment

The removed content was related to general authentication mechanisms but does not indicate a specific security vulnerability being addressed. The removal might simplify documentation or relocate the information elsewhere without evidence of a security incident.

Diff

diff --git a/vm-import/latest/userguide/infrastructure-security.md b/vm-import/latest/userguide/infrastructure-security.md
index 2045b9c08..4d50748a2 100644
--- a//vm-import/latest/userguide/infrastructure-security.md
+++ b//vm-import/latest/userguide/infrastructure-security.md
@@ -18,2 +17,0 @@ You use AWS published API calls to access VM Import/Export through the network.
-Additionally, requests must be signed by using an access key ID and a secret access key that is associated with an IAM principal. Or you can use the [AWS Security Token Service](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/STS/latest/APIReference/welcome.html) (AWS STS) to generate temporary security credentials to sign requests.
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