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AWS amazon-mq: Reference RabbitMQ TLS certificate verification guidance

Service: amazon-mq · 2026-09-27 · Documentation low

File: amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/best-practices-broker-setup.md · Type: encryption

Summary

Adds a sentence noting that TLS clients are responsible for verifying the broker certificate, with a cross-reference to the RabbitMQ TLS certificate verification best-practices page.

Security assessment

A short cross-reference reminding users that TLS clients must verify the broker certificate, pointing to dedicated guidance; it documents a security responsibility but introduces no concrete vulnerability fix.

Evidence

+Clients that connect to a broker over TLS are responsible for verifying the broker certificate. For guidance, see [Best practices for TLS certificate verification in Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ](./verify-broker-certificate-rabbitmq.html).

Diff

diff --git a/amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/best-practices-broker-setup.md b/amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/best-practices-broker-setup.md
index 8567d6df1..b40fd70a4 100644
--- a//amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/best-practices-broker-setup.md
+++ b//amazon-mq/latest/developer-guide/best-practices-broker-setup.md
@@ -46,0 +47,2 @@ To avoid connection churn, use multiple channels over a single connection. Appli
+Clients that connect to a broker over TLS are responsible for verifying the broker certificate. For guidance, see [Best practices for TLS certificate verification in Amazon MQ for RabbitMQ](./verify-broker-certificate-rabbitmq.html).
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