Tag: Network

For organizations operating multi-tenant environments, regulated environments, or multiple business units, maintaining strict network segmentation between SD-WAN and AWS is essential for meeting security, compliance, and operational requirements. This is Part 2 of the two-part series on extending SD-WAN segmentation into AWS Cloud WAN. In Part 1, the Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) based Connect attachment […]

For organizations operating multi-tenant environments, regulated environments, or multiple business units, maintaining strict network segmentation between SD-WAN and AWS is essential for meeting security, compliance, and operational requirements. Deploying SD-WAN virtual appliances and extending your segmentation through AWS Cloud WAN helps unify these segmented environments under a single, scalable global network. That said, segmentation is […]

With sixth-generation Nitro (Nitro V6) instances, launched in June 2025, the default TCP connection tracking idle timeout changed from 432,000 seconds (5 days) to 350 seconds. Applications that hold idle connections open for long periods, such as database connection pools, Internet of Things (IoT) telemetry, and persistent microservice connections, may experience unexpected connection drops after […]

Many AWS customers use consolidated billing, and often need to allocate costs across their internal business units or accounts. This can be challenging when dealing with services that are shared by all accounts. For general chargebacks, some customers use cost allocation tags for this purpose. However, at the time of writing this post, there is […]

First of all, thank you to each and every one of you who use the Amazon CloudFront service every day. CloudFront’s growth and evolution over the past decade would not have been possible without your feedback—input that has shaped the service since day one. We are excited to have just celebrated our 10-year anniversary of […]