Correct Answer: Decrypting traffic at the gateway to reduce the processing load on backend servers
SSL termination allows the gateway to handle the encryption/decryption, so the backend servers receive decrypted traffic....
Correct Answer
Decrypting traffic at the gateway to reduce the processing load on backend servers
Why This Answer Is Correct
SSL termination allows the gateway to handle the encryption/decryption, so the backend servers receive decrypted traffic.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Azure Application Gateway — a core concept tested in Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900). Understanding Azure Application Gateway is essential for designing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Mastery of this topic will help you answer scenario-based questions confidently on exam day.
You need to route traffic to Azure Virtual Machines instances based on URL paths (e.g., '/api' vs '/static'). Which load balancer type should you use?
What is the primary difference between Azure Application Gateway and Azure Load Balancer?
Which feature of Azure Application Gateway helps protect your web applications from common exploits like SQL injection and cross-site scripting (XSS)?
You want to route traffic to DIFFERENT back-end server pools based on the URL path (e.g., /images vs /videos). Which service should you use?
Which Azure service is a global, multi-region web load balancer that uses the 'anycast' protocol to route users to the nearest available application backend?