Practice Security Groups (2.1) - Chapter 6: Networking and Security Fundamentals

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Question 1.
What is the primary function of a Security Group in AWS?
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Think about what firewalls do.
Question 2.
Can a Security Group have deny rules?
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Remember, anything not explicitly allowed is denied.
3Question 3.
What does a Security Group do?
- Acts as a physical firewall.
- Controls inbound and outbound traffic for EC2 instances.
- Creates subnets.
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Think about what kind of security measures are used in networks.
4Question 4.
True or False: Security Groups can have deny rules.
- True
- False
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Remember, if not explicitly allowed, it is denied.
Question 5.
Design a Security Group for a public web server that only allows HTTP and HTTPS traffic. However, SSH access should be restricted to the internal company network.
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What ports are needed for web access?
Question 6.
Determine the necessary actions if a security review finds an overly permissive Security Group allowing SSH from 0.0.0.0/0.
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Who should have SSH access in a secure environment?

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