AWS wickr documentation change
Summary
Simplified explanation of the Action element in IAM policies by removing details about permission-only actions and dependent actions
Security assessment
Change removes explanatory content about policy action exceptions but doesn't address vulnerabilities or introduce security features. General documentation refinement without security implications.
Diff
diff --git a/wickr/latest/adminguide/security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies-actions.md b/wickr/latest/adminguide/security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies-actions.md index 4e2a4e623..97c20a432 100644 --- a//wickr/latest/adminguide/security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies-actions.md +++ b//wickr/latest/adminguide/security_iam_service-with-iam-id-based-policies-actions.md @@ -13,3 +13 @@ Administrators can use AWS JSON policies to specify who has access to what. That -The `Action` element of a JSON policy describes the actions that you can use to allow or deny access in a policy. Policy actions usually have the same name as the associated AWS API operation. There are some exceptions, such as _permission-only actions_ that don't have a matching API operation. There are also some operations that require multiple actions in a policy. These additional actions are called _dependent actions_. - -Include actions in a policy to grant permissions to perform the associated operation. +The `Action` element of a JSON policy describes the actions that you can use to allow or deny access in a policy. Include actions in a policy to grant permissions to perform the associated operation.