AWS network-firewall documentation change
Summary
Changed expected firewall policy update propagation time from seconds to minutes
Security assessment
This is a documentation refinement about operational timing with no evidence of addressing security vulnerabilities or describing security features.
Diff
diff --git a/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/firewall-policy-updating.md b/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/firewall-policy-updating.md index 4edcab931..8bd10135c 100644 --- a//network-firewall/latest/developerguide/firewall-policy-updating.md +++ b//network-firewall/latest/developerguide/firewall-policy-updating.md @@ -32 +32 @@ To change your Network Firewall firewall policy settings, use the following proc -When you make any changes to a firewall, including changes to any of the firewall's components, like rule groups, TLS inspection configurations, and firewall policies, Network Firewall propagates the changes everywhere that the firewall is used. Your changes are normally applied within seconds, but there might be a brief period of inconsistency when the changes have arrived in some places and not in others. For example, if you modify a rule group so that it drops an additional type of packet, for a firewall that uses the rule group, the new packet type might briefly be dropped by one firewall endpoint while still being allowed by another. +When you make any changes to a firewall, including changes to any of the firewall's components, like rule groups, TLS inspection configurations, and firewall policies, Network Firewall propagates the changes everywhere that the firewall is used. Your changes are normally applied within minutes, but there might be a brief period of inconsistency when the changes have arrived in some places and not in others. For example, if you modify a rule group so that it drops an additional type of packet, for a firewall that uses the rule group, the new packet type might briefly be dropped by one firewall endpoint while still being allowed by another.