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Phase 2 · Networking Fundamentals for Cloud

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HTTP/HTTPS & TLS

Part of the Cloud Computing Roadmap.

Summary

The protocol underlying almost all web traffic, and TLS — the encryption layer securing it — understanding certificate management (often handled by cloud-managed certificate services) is a common real task.

How to Learn This

  • 1Inspect a website's TLS certificate details in your browser.
  • 2Explore a cloud provider's managed certificate service (ACM or equivalent) conceptually.
  • 3Understand why HTTPS is now a hard requirement for virtually any production service.

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OSI & TCP/IP ModelsIP Addressing & SubnettingDNSVirtual Private Clouds (VPCs)Load BalancersFirewalls & Security GroupsCDNs (Content Delivery Networks)VPNs & Direct Connect / Interconnect
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