Network Security Solutions Questions & Answers

Amazon CloudFront is a global CDN service that securely delivers data to users with low latency and high transfer speed.

The purpose of a proxy server in network security which act as an intermediary between a user's device and the internet.

The primary goal of network access control (NAC) in network security is to restrict unauthorized users and devices from gaining access to a network. 

TLS operates between the Session and Transport layers of the OSI model.

Cloud-delivered architecture that enables organizations to embrace cloud and mobility is called Secure Access Service Edge (SASE).

Nodes and links are the fundamental building blocks of a network and the major device used in computer networking is the Router.

The name of this type of attack is Man-in-the-Middle attack. In this, the hacker uses spoofing or hijacking techniques to disrupt a network. He either only sees the information which is confidential or can steal it as well.

Network Segmentation is the name of the process for separating networks into discrete entities. It divides the network into smaller segments that act as individual networks.

The main difference between Route 53 and Cloudfront is that Route 53 is a DNS service while Cloudfront is a CDN service that serves static and dynamic content. Cloudfront can be used with Route 53 Geolocation Routing. Although, the content delivery based on the location is enabled before-hand in cloudfront , so the geolocation policy is not of much help.

As of November 2022, Amazon CloudFront has operated from 400 edge locations on six continents.