Assume-role
An AWS mechanism where a trusted identity temporarily takes on an IAM role and receives short-lived credentials for it. ZopNight's recommended AWS connection works this way: the customer creates a role and ZopNight assumes it, so no long-lived secret is stored. Why it matters: Short-lived credentials limit the damage if anything leaks.
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