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We require custom authorization logic for S3 downloads. Utilizing CloudFront in front of S3 and using Lambda@Edge for authorization seemed like the obvious solution because of CloudFront's benefits.



We are using temporary IAM credentials that we get from Federated Identities to access our services: API, S3 uploads.



However, we could not figure out a way to authenticate IAM credentials in Lambda@Edge. How would we get the secret access key to verify the signature?



There are instructions for Lambda@Edge JWT authentication (however, we need to use IAM credentials): [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/authorizationedge-how-to-use-lambdaedge-and-json-web-tokens-to-enhance-web-application-security/]



We were considering using Signed URLs but they would seem to get in the way of browser caching. Maybe we should use API Gateway as S3 proxy - that would be the simple solution.










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    We require custom authorization logic for S3 downloads. Utilizing CloudFront in front of S3 and using Lambda@Edge for authorization seemed like the obvious solution because of CloudFront's benefits.



    We are using temporary IAM credentials that we get from Federated Identities to access our services: API, S3 uploads.



    However, we could not figure out a way to authenticate IAM credentials in Lambda@Edge. How would we get the secret access key to verify the signature?



    There are instructions for Lambda@Edge JWT authentication (however, we need to use IAM credentials): [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/authorizationedge-how-to-use-lambdaedge-and-json-web-tokens-to-enhance-web-application-security/]



    We were considering using Signed URLs but they would seem to get in the way of browser caching. Maybe we should use API Gateway as S3 proxy - that would be the simple solution.










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      We require custom authorization logic for S3 downloads. Utilizing CloudFront in front of S3 and using Lambda@Edge for authorization seemed like the obvious solution because of CloudFront's benefits.



      We are using temporary IAM credentials that we get from Federated Identities to access our services: API, S3 uploads.



      However, we could not figure out a way to authenticate IAM credentials in Lambda@Edge. How would we get the secret access key to verify the signature?



      There are instructions for Lambda@Edge JWT authentication (however, we need to use IAM credentials): [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/authorizationedge-how-to-use-lambdaedge-and-json-web-tokens-to-enhance-web-application-security/]



      We were considering using Signed URLs but they would seem to get in the way of browser caching. Maybe we should use API Gateway as S3 proxy - that would be the simple solution.










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      We require custom authorization logic for S3 downloads. Utilizing CloudFront in front of S3 and using Lambda@Edge for authorization seemed like the obvious solution because of CloudFront's benefits.



      We are using temporary IAM credentials that we get from Federated Identities to access our services: API, S3 uploads.



      However, we could not figure out a way to authenticate IAM credentials in Lambda@Edge. How would we get the secret access key to verify the signature?



      There are instructions for Lambda@Edge JWT authentication (however, we need to use IAM credentials): [https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/authorizationedge-how-to-use-lambdaedge-and-json-web-tokens-to-enhance-web-application-security/]



      We were considering using Signed URLs but they would seem to get in the way of browser caching. Maybe we should use API Gateway as S3 proxy - that would be the simple solution.







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