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AWS gameliftservers high security documentation change

Service: gameliftservers · 2026-03-07 · Security-related high

File: gameliftservers/latest/developerguide/release-notes.md

Summary

Added release notes for new DDoS protection feature including technical details, integration guides, and regional availability

Security assessment

Documents a new security feature providing DDoS protection through traffic validation, rate limiting, and IP obfuscation. Explicitly describes protection against distributed denial-of-service attacks, which is a core security capability.

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+Amazon GameLift Servers now offers distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) protection for Linux-based EC2 and Container Fleets on SDKv5. The player gateway proxy relay network is co-located with your game server instances, providing traffic validation, per-player rate limiting and game server IP address obfuscation all with negligible added latency and no additional cost. This feature is initially available in the following regions: US East (N. Virginia), US West (Oregon), Europe (Frankfurt), Europe (Ireland), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Seoul). For more information about service locations, see [Amazon GameLift Servers service locations](./gamelift-regions.html).
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+###### **Learn more:**
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+  * [Blog post: Introducing Amazon GameLift Servers DDoS protection](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/introducing-amazon-gamelift-servers-ddos-protection/)
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+  * [DDoS protection with Amazon GameLift Servers](./ddos-protection-intro.html), _Amazon GameLift Servers Developer Guide_
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+  * [How player gateway works](./ddos-protection-howitworks.html), _Amazon GameLift Servers Developer Guide_
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+  * [Integrate player gateway into a game](./ddos-protection-integrate.html), _Amazon GameLift Servers Developer Guide_
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+  * [Client SDK for C++](https://github.com/amazon-gamelift/amazon-gamelift-servers-client-sdk-for-cpp)
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+  * [Client SDK for Unreal](https://github.com/amazon-gamelift-for-unreal/amazon-gamelift-servers-client-sdk-for-unreal). Access requires membership in the Epic Games organization on GitHub. See [Unreal Engine on GitHub](https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/ue-on-github) for details.
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