Does AWS CLI use SSL when uploading data into S3?

Question

Does the normal AWS CLI use SSL by default when transferring data into S3 with the following command?

aws s3 cp source to destination

score 24 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '16 at 14:12

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By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services.

answered Jan 07 '16 at 14:12

Thomas L.

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_"By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates."_ from your link – Felipe Alvarez Aug 16 '17 at 03:33

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 22 '19 at 18:59

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I just tried running:

> aws s3 ls

and wireshark reports the response protocol used is TLSv1.2. So, yes it seems to be using SSL even for simple commands like ls.

answered Jun 22 '19 at 18:59

Michael OConnor

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