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AWS Route53 documentation change

Service: Route53 · 2026-05-31 · Documentation low

File: Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/resolver-dns-firewall-rule-group-adding.md

Summary

Added new section explaining rule type selection (Foundation/Advanced) with expanded documentation about custom/managed domain lists and protections.

Security assessment

Adds detailed documentation about security feature configuration options (domain lists, threat protections) but doesn't address specific vulnerabilities. Enhances security feature documentation without evidence of incident response.

Diff

diff --git a/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/resolver-dns-firewall-rule-group-adding.md b/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/resolver-dns-firewall-rule-group-adding.md
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@@ -28,0 +29,16 @@ the Amazon VPC console under [https://console.aws.amazon.com/vpc/](https://conso
+When you add rules to a rule group, first select the rule type: **Foundation** or **Advanced**.
+
+     * **Foundation** – Select a rule protection to create rules with your own custom domain lists or AWS essential managed domain lists.
+
+For more information about custom domain lists, see [Managing your own domain lists](./resolver-dns-firewall-user-managed-domain-lists.html).
+
+For more information about managed domain lists, see [Managed Domain Lists](./resolver-dns-firewall-managed-domain-lists.html).
+
+     * **Advanced** – Select one or more advanced managed domain lists (threat and content categories) or an advanced protection (Domain Generation Algorithms, Dictionary DGA, or DNS tunneling).
+
+For more information about advanced managed domain lists, see [Advanced Managed Domain Lists](./firewall-advanced-managed-domain-lists.html).
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+For more information about advanced protections, see [Advanced DNS Protections](./firewall-advanced-protections.html).
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+  5. With each rule, you can select one or more rule settings.
+