As we conclude this chapter, here is a list of questions for you to test your knowledge regarding its material. You will find the answers in the Assessments section of the Appendix:
- What does VPC stand for?
- Which VPC component provides a connection between your VPC and the outside world?
- Which VPC component allows instances in a private subnet to initiate a connection to the internet, for example, for essential operating system updates, but prevents any inbound access to the private subnet from being initiated from the internet?
- True or false: Security groups provide a virtual firewall level of protection at the instance level.
- True or false: Using the default NACL of your VPC provides enhanced security protection blocking all network traffic, both inbound and outbound.