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0 pointslamontcg4y ago0 comments

Conflating AWS security with twitch security is probably the wrong way to think about it.

Within Amazon those are almost going to be two entirely separate companies, with very different security focuses.

The idea that Amazon is monolithic and uniform wasn't true when I left there in 2006, and I'm certain it is less so now.

And that isn't just that its related to the merger, but that fundamentally its different business orgs with different focus.

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vineyardmike4y ago

But does twitch not share the same Amazon wide git service? Could most of Amzn code be leaked or compromised? Seems like all of amazon internals that shares security measures is at risk...

cheeze4y ago

I've heard (but don't have any actual evidence more than hearsay) that Twitch generally operates independently of Amazon/AWS. I'm sure that they share some things, but I wouldn't be surprised if their source was separate from the "main repo"

bleepblooop4y ago

Remember that Amazon runs one of the biggest multi-tenant service platforms in the industry! A separate business unit like Twitch is likely to be set up a lot like any other random AWS customer, and you wouldn't expect that compromising servers used by one AWS customer to automatically compromise the underlying infrastructure.

(I would also expect that the Amazon retail systems are in most senses "just another tenant" on AWS, albeit with much more liberal quotas!)

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