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# Amazon VPC Flow Logs

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## Overview{% #overview %}

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Amazon VPC Flow Logs capture network traffic between VPC resources.

What this pack does:

- Removes unused log metadata
- Drops idle and internal `ACCEPT OK` flows
- Keeps denied and rejected connections