{"id":27892,"date":"2017-09-01T11:47:11","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T09:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27892"},"modified":"2017-09-01T11:47:11","modified_gmt":"2017-09-01T09:47:11","slug":"aws-adds-descriptions-to-security-group-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/01\/aws-adds-descriptions-to-security-group-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"AWS Adds Descriptions to Security Group Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- google_ad_section_start -->\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/aws-security-groups-descriptions.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27893\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/09\/01\/aws-adds-descriptions-to-security-group-rules\/aws-security-groups-descriptions\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/aws-security-groups-descriptions.png?fit=868%2C513&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"868,513\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"aws security groups descriptions\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/aws-security-groups-descriptions.png?fit=660%2C390&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-27893\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/aws-security-groups-descriptions-500x296.png?resize=500%2C296&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/aws-security-groups-descriptions.png?resize=500%2C296&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/aws-security-groups-descriptions.png?resize=768%2C454&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/aws-security-groups-descriptions.png?w=868&amp;ssl=1 868w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aws.amazon.com\/blogs\/aws\/\">AWS Blog<\/a> lets us know that Amazon has finally implemented one of the most useful features ever &#8211; 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