AWS cloudwatch documentation change
Summary
Updated documentation links to IAM User Guide references for Signature Version 4 signing process
Security assessment
The changes only update URLs to IAM documentation about API request signing. No new security content was added, and there's no evidence of addressing a specific vulnerability. Signature Version 4 is standard security documentation.
Diff
diff --git a/cloudwatch/latest/observabilityadmin/CommonParameters.md b/cloudwatch/latest/observabilityadmin/CommonParameters.md index 767bb75ba..0a7d3b2ef 100644 --- a//cloudwatch/latest/observabilityadmin/CommonParameters.md +++ b//cloudwatch/latest/observabilityadmin/CommonParameters.md @@ -9 +9 @@ -The following list contains the parameters that all actions use for signing Signature Version 4 requests with a query string. Any action-specific parameters are listed in the topic for that action. For more information about Signature Version 4, see [Signing AWS API requests](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_aws-signing.html) in the _IAM User Guide_. +The following list contains the parameters that all actions use for signing Signature Version 4 requests with a query string. Any action-specific parameters are listed in the topic for that action. For more information about Signature Version 4, see [Signing AWS API requests](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv.html) in the _IAM User Guide_. @@ -29 +29 @@ The credential scope value, which is a string that includes your access key, the -For more information, see [Create a signed AWS API request](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/create-signed-request.html) in the _IAM User Guide_. +For more information, see [Create a signed AWS API request](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-create-signed-request.html) in the _IAM User Guide_. @@ -42 +42 @@ The date that is used to create the signature. The format must be ISO 8601 basic -Condition: X-Amz-Date is optional for all requests; it can be used to override the date used for signing requests. If the Date header is specified in the ISO 8601 basic format, X-Amz-Date is not required. When X-Amz-Date is used, it always overrides the value of the Date header. For more information, see [Elements of an AWS API request signature](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/signing-elements.html) in the _IAM User Guide_. +Condition: X-Amz-Date is optional for all requests; it can be used to override the date used for signing requests. If the Date header is specified in the ISO 8601 basic format, X-Amz-Date is not required. When X-Amz-Date is used, it always overrides the value of the Date header. For more information, see [Elements of an AWS API request signature](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-signing-elements.html) in the _IAM User Guide_. @@ -73 +73 @@ Required: Conditional -Specifies all the HTTP headers that were included as part of the canonical request. For more information about specifying signed headers, see [Create a signed AWS API request](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/create-signed-request.html) in the _IAM User Guide_. +Specifies all the HTTP headers that were included as part of the canonical request. For more information about specifying signed headers, see [Create a signed AWS API request](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/reference_sigv-create-signed-request.html) in the _IAM User Guide_.