AWS Direct Connect introduces inbound prefix controls and higher prefix scale

Today, AWS Direct Connect announced inbound prefix controls, a new capability that lets you allocate and manage inbound route-prefix allocations for your private and transit virtual interfaces (VIFs) based on your workload’s needs. You can now allocate up to 1,000 prefixes each for IPv4 and IPv6 on your VIFs on dedicated and hosted connections. Previously, Direct Connect VIFs accepted a maximum of 100 route prefixes advertised from your on-premises network to AWS on a private or transit VIF.