AWS introduced IMDSv2 in late 2019 to mitigate this. The new flow:
The string you've provided appears to be a URL encoded in a specific format, often seen in contexts like HTTP requests or certain types of logs. Let's decode and analyze it: curl-url-http-3A-2F-2F169.254.169.254-2Flatest-2Fapi-2Ftoken
Get the full benefits of IMDSv2 and disable IMDSv1 ... - AWS AWS introduced IMDSv2 in late 2019 to mitigate this
: Defines how long the token is valid (in this case, 21,600 seconds or 6 hours). Step 2: Access Metadata curl-url-http-3A-2F-2F169.254.169.254-2Flatest-2Fapi-2Ftoken