# VPC Endpoints

* A VPC endpoint enables **private connections between your VPC and supported AWS services** and VPC endpoint services **powered by AWS PrivateLink**.\\

* **Traffic** between your VPC and the other service **does not leave the Amazon network**.\\

* A VPC endpoint **does not require an internet gateway, virtual private gateway, NAT device, VPN connection, or Direct Connect connection**.\\

* Instances in your VPC **do not require public IP addresses to communicate** with resources in the service.\\

* **Interface endpoints**
  * An interface endpoint is an **elastic network interface with a private IP address from the IP address range of your subnet**.
  * Interface endpoints are **powered by AWS PrivateLink**.\\

* **Gateway endpoints**
  * You **specify a gateway endpoint as a route table target for traffic destined to the following AWS services:**
    * **S3**
    * **DynamoDB**

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