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A few years ago I was tasked with migrating a database from one AWS org to another and thanks to IAM we were able to allow this without me accessing anything el
by TomK32 4y ago
A few years ago I was tasked with migrating a database from one AWS org to another and thanks to IAM we were able to allow this without me accessing anything else in the other org and migrate the database without any more support from the other org. Some time later I found a key in the database I migrated which turned out to give me full access to their AWS...
So, be careful with it and check or even remove old keys after a few years.
- whoknew1122 4y agoInterestingly enough, this is one of the very use case for IAM roles. IAM roles' credentials have a maximum life of 12 hours. The article is complaining about the thing that exists to avoid the issue you point out.
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