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AWS config documentation change

Service: config · 2026-01-13 · Documentation low

File: config/latest/developerguide/ec2-instance-no-public-ip.md

Summary

Updated rule description to use full service name 'Amazon EC2' and modified unsupported regions list

Security assessment

Change clarifies service naming and updates region exceptions. No evidence of addressing security vulnerabilities or weaknesses.

Diff

diff --git a/config/latest/developerguide/ec2-instance-no-public-ip.md b/config/latest/developerguide/ec2-instance-no-public-ip.md
index a0ae30c2c..2eb7d7cfe 100644
--- a//config/latest/developerguide/ec2-instance-no-public-ip.md
+++ b//config/latest/developerguide/ec2-instance-no-public-ip.md
@@ -9 +9 @@ AWS CloudFormation template
-Checks if EC2 instances have a public IP association. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the publicIp field is present in the EC2 instance configuration item. The rule applies only to IPv4. 
+Checks whether Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances have a public IP association. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT if the publicIp field is present in the Amazon EC2 instance configuration item. This rule applies only to IPv4. 
@@ -28 +28 @@ Checks if EC2 instances have a public IP association. The rule is NON_COMPLIANT
-**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except AWS Secret - West Region
+**AWS Region:** All supported AWS regions except China (Beijing), Asia Pacific (Thailand), AWS GovCloud (US-East), AWS GovCloud (US-West), Mexico (Central), Asia Pacific (Taipei), China (Ningxia) Region