Below is a list of the most common customer questions. If you can’t find an answer to your question, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
How do I authenticate AWS?
To authenticate from the console as a root user, you must sign in with your email address and password. As an IAM user, provide your account ID or alias, and then your username and password. To authenticate from the API or AWS CLI, you must provide your access key and secret key.
What is authentication in AWS?
AWS Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is a simple best practice that adds an extra layer of protection on top of your username and password. You can enable MFA for your AWS account and for individual IAM users you have created under your account. MFA can be also be used to control access to AWS service APIs.
Request signature is the API request parameter api_sig which is added to every request to verify request user's authenticity on behalf of which the request is made. The request used to demonstrate request signing is a POST to https://infogr.am/service/v1/infographics.
The HTTP Signatures specification is intended to provide a standard way for clients to add origin authentication and message integrity to HTTP-based messages. The HTTP Signature Nonce specification describes a way to use the HTTP Signatures protocol over an unsecured channel like HTTP.
What is AWS Access Key ID?
AWS Access Keys. Access Keys are used to sign the requests you send to Amazon S3. Like the Username/Password pair you used to access your AWS Management Console, Access Key I'd and Secret Access Key are used for programmatic (API) access to AWS services. You can manage your Access Keys in AWS Management Console.
How do I find my AWS Access Key ID and Secret Access Key?
Open the IAM console.
From the navigation menu, click Users.
Select your IAM user name.
Click User Actions, and then click Manage Access Keys.
Click Create Access Key.
Your keys will look something like this:
Amazon EC2 uses public key cryptography to encrypt and decrypt login information. Public key cryptography uses a public key to encrypt a piece of data, and then the recipient uses the private key to decrypt the data. The public and private keys are known as a key pair.
AWS Cloud HSM is a security service that offers isolated hardware security module (HSM) appliances to give customers an extra level of protection for data with strict corporate, contractual and regulatory compliance requirements.
A hardware security module (HSM) is a physical computing device that safeguards and manages digital keys for strong authentication and provides cryptoprocessing. These modules traditionally come in the form of a plug-in card or an external device that attaches directly to a computer or network server.
Which AWS service uses a highly secure hardware storage device to store encryption keys?
AWS Cloud HSM is a cryptographic service for creating and maintaining hardware security modules (HSM's) in your AWS environment. HSMs are computing devices that process cryptographic operations and provide secure storage for cryptographic keys.
A hardware security module (HSM) is a physical computing device that safeguards and manages digital keys for strong authentication and provides cryptoprocessing. These modules traditionally come in the form of a plug-in card or an external device that attaches directly to a computer or network server.
The Microsoft Azure Dedicated Hardware Security Module (HSM) service provides cryptographic key storage in Azure and meets the most stringent customer security and compliance requirements. The Azure Dedicated HSM service uses Safest Luna Network HSM 7 devices from Gemalto.
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How do I use AWS certificate manager?
To use the AWS Management Console, navigate to the Certificate Manager, choose Request a certificate, select Request a public certificate, enter the domain name for your site, and follow the instructions on the screen to complete your request.