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Amazon CloudFront now supports Origin Access Control (OAC) for Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points

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This article announces CloudFront support for Origin Access Control (OAC) with Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points (MRAP), simplifying secure global content delivery.

  • CloudFront natively signs requests to S3 MRAP origins using SigV4a Authorization headers
  • Eliminates need for custom Lambda@Edge functions to compute authorization headers
  • Enables faster cache-miss fills from nearest region with OAC-secured access
  • Available worldwide except CloudFront China region with no additional fees
  • Configure via CloudFront Console, SDK, CLI, or CloudFormation

This enhancement simplifies secure global content delivery by automating request signing and removing custom function requirements.



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