AWS network-firewall documentation change
Summary
Updated propagation time estimate for firewall changes from 'seconds' to 'minutes'
Security assessment
This is a documentation accuracy improvement regarding change propagation timing. No security vulnerability is mentioned or addressed, though it helps set proper expectations for consistency during updates.
Diff
diff --git a/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/rule-group-stateful-updating.md b/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/rule-group-stateful-updating.md index 43228dabd..82d2a0586 100644 --- a//network-firewall/latest/developerguide/rule-group-stateful-updating.md +++ b//network-firewall/latest/developerguide/rule-group-stateful-updating.md @@ -24 +24 @@ To change your stateful rule group settings, use the following procedure. -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.