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They probably mentioned public endpoints to highlight that they allow access to AWS services but they’re not renting out access to a massive bandwidth pipe for
by vineyardmike 2y ago
They probably mentioned public endpoints to highlight that they allow access to AWS services but they’re not renting out access to a massive bandwidth pipe for non-customers or to upload to non-AWS. The “public endpoints” part probably is used to warn customers that existing technical limitations apply wrt abilities- eg you can’t dump data directly to the S3 data plane, you still have to go through the public API.
Considering the fiber connection is “part of the AWS network”, it may not have access to the outside internet, but also contextually probably doesn’t have any privileged access to AWS servers.
- unsnap_biceps 2y agoMy statement that it's on the public internet is more that it's directly connected to someone like level3 and not a direct fiber drop to an AWS datacenter. I would be surprised if the building in NYC has direct fiber to IAD or if the building in LA has direct fiber to SFO.