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AWS amazon-mq documentation change

Service: amazon-mq · 2026-01-10 · Documentation low

File: amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/rabbitmq-4.md

Summary

Added features section for mTLS and SSL certificate authentication

Security assessment

Documents new certificate-based authentication capabilities. No evidence of patching security flaws.

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diff --git a/amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/rabbitmq-4.md b/amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/rabbitmq-4.md
index f7125499b..e1751b3ae 100644
--- a//amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/rabbitmq-4.md
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@@ -30,0 +31,4 @@ We highly recommend using quorum queues on RabbitMQ 4 for durability needs, sinc
+  * **Mutual TLS (mTLS):** Amazon MQ supports mutual TLS (mTLS) for RabbitMQ brokers, allowing clients to authenticate using certificates. For more information, see [mTLS configuration](./configure-mtls.html).
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+  * **SSL certificate authentication plugin:** The SSL authentication plugin uses client certificates from mTLS connections to authenticate users, allowing authentication using X.509 client certificates instead of username and password credentials. For more information, see [SSL certificate authentication](./ssl-for-amq-for-rabbitmq.html).
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