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Didn't only 1 AWS region go down? maybe before even thinking about anything else they should focus on redundancy within AWS
us-east-1 went down. Problem is that IAM services all run through that DC. Any code relying on an IAM role would not be able to authenticate. Think of it as a username in a Windows domain. IAM encompasses all that you are allowed to view, change, launch, etc.
I didn't hardly touch AWS at my last job, but listening to my teammates and seeing their code led me to believe IAM is used everywhere.
How is that even legal, I thought there were data export laws in the eu
Nothing to do with moving data. But you can't move data without authentication.
I want my service to do a $thing. It won't do $thing without knowing who I am and what permissions I have. The data doesn't have to cross borders, the service simply needs to function.
Does that make sense? As I said, didn't do much in AWS, but the principles are sound.