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AWS govcloud-us medium security documentation change

Service: govcloud-us · 2026-06-25 · Security-related medium

File: govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-vpnclient.md

Summary

Added region availability section, FIPS-approved cryptographic algorithm requirements, and updated documentation link

Security assessment

Added explicit documentation of FIPS-approved cryptographic algorithms (TLS 1.3/1.2 ciphers and AES-256-GCM) which directly addresses security compliance requirements

Diff

diff --git a/govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-vpnclient.md b/govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-vpnclient.md
index c1aee0019..ddd2d5135 100644
--- a//govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-vpnclient.md
+++ b//govcloud-us/latest/UserGuide/govcloud-vpnclient.md
@@ -7 +7 @@
-How Client VPN differsDocumentationExport-controlled content
+Region availabilityHow Client VPN differsDocumentationExport-controlled content
@@ -12,0 +13,11 @@ AWS Client VPN is a managed client-based Site-to-Site VPN service that enables y
+## Region availability
+
+This service is available in the following AWS GovCloud (US) Regions:
+
+  * AWS GovCloud (US-West) 
+
+  * AWS GovCloud (US-East) 
+
+
+
+
@@ -20,0 +32,8 @@ The following differences apply to Client VPN:
+  * We suggest you use the client configuration file exported from the {cvpnlong} endpoint without modification. {cvpnlong} endpoints in AWS GovCloud (US) use the following FIPS-approved cryptographic algorithms and clients should not be configured to use other ciphers:
+
+    * TLS 1.3: `TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384` and `TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256`
+
+    * TLS 1.2: `TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384`, `TLS-ECDHE-RSA-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256`, `TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-256-GCM-SHA384`, and `TLS-ECDHE-ECDSA-WITH-AES-128-GCM-SHA256`
+
+    * Data channel: `AES-256-GCM`
+
@@ -26 +45,4 @@ The following differences apply to Client VPN:
-[AWS Client VPN documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn).
+  * [AWS Client VPN documentation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpn)
+
+
+
@@ -55 +77 @@ To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please
-AWS Private Certificate Authority 
+Amazon Chime SDK