Site-to-Site VPN Categories
Your Site-to-Site VPN connection is either an AWS Classic VPN connection or an AWS VPN connection. Any new Site-to-Site VPN connection that you create is an AWS VPN connection. The following features are supported on AWS VPN connections only:
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Internet Key Exchange version 2 (IKEv2)
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NAT traversal
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4-byte ASN (in addition to 2-byte ASN)
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CloudWatch metrics
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Reusable IP addresses for your customer gateways
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Additional encryption options; including AES 256-bit encryption, SHA-2 hashing, and additional Diffie-Hellman groups
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Configurable tunnel options
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Custom private ASN for the Amazon side of a BGP session
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Private Certificate from AWS Certificate Manager Private Certificate Authority
For information about identifying and migrating your connection, see Identifying a Site-to-Site VPN Connection and Migrating from AWS Classic VPN to AWS VPN.
