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I’ve noticed on AWS I can sign up for and get an AWSGov account from my plain old personal account. It fully works, I can run EC2 Servers, get a weird style gov

I’ve noticed on AWS I can sign up for and get an AWSGov account from my plain old personal account. It fully works, I can run EC2 Servers, get a weird style government bill that I have to pay, etc. Also, can anyone really believe Facebooks first attempts on this would be any kind of successful? Just a year ago their fake news plan was to link to verification about articles to facts on WIKIPEDIA. Do they not know how the internet works?

dylz 8y ago
Isn't the only thing required for govcloud to be US address + card?
newnewpdro 8y ago
Does that mean your instances are sharing the same underlying infrastructure as real government customers?
toomanybeersies 8y ago
That seems like an intended feature. I think that AWS GovCloud isn't designed for classified information, or for Government use only. From the advertising page: > The region is operated by employees who are U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. The region is only accessible to vetted U.S. entities and root account holders, who must confirm they are U.S. Persons to gain access to this region. As long as you've proved you're a US Entity, it seems like you should be able to use GovCloud. GovCloud seems like it's just some box-checking activity to ensure that there aren't any foreigners interacting with the system. Other than that, it's not any different from normal AWS regions.
- duskwuff 8y ago
  Two words: "government contractors". Restricting GovCloud to government entities would leave contractors in the awkward position of being unable to use AWS for government contracts.
- astura 8y ago
  >GovCloud seems like it's just some box-checking activity to ensure that there aren't any foreigners interacting with the system. This is exactly it; it's a compliance thing. GovCloud is compliant with various regulations that the government has for its data handling and storage GovCloud is used by private entities that are doing business with the government - for example, contractors.

dylz 8y ago

Isn't the only thing required for govcloud to be US address + card?

newnewpdro 8y ago

Does that mean your instances are sharing the same underlying infrastructure as real government customers?

toomanybeersies 8y ago

That seems like an intended feature. I think that AWS GovCloud isn't designed for classified information, or for Government use only. From the advertising page: > The region is operated by employees who are U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. The region is only accessible to vetted U.S. entities and root account holders, who must confirm they are U.S. Persons to gain access to this region. As long as you've proved you're a US Entity, it seems like you should be able to use GovCloud. GovCloud seems like it's just some box-checking activity to ensure that there aren't any foreigners interacting with the system. Other than that, it's not any different from normal AWS regions.

duskwuff 8y ago
Two words: "government contractors". Restricting GovCloud to government entities would leave contractors in the awkward position of being unable to use AWS for government contracts.
astura 8y ago
>GovCloud seems like it's just some box-checking activity to ensure that there aren't any foreigners interacting with the system. This is exactly it; it's a compliance thing. GovCloud is compliant with various regulations that the government has for its data handling and storage GovCloud is used by private entities that are doing business with the government - for example, contractors.