Correct Answer: WAF 'Referer' header validation using a custom rule
A WAF rule checking the 'Referer' header can block requests that don't come from your authorized website, helping prevent hotlinking....
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WAF 'Referer' header validation using a custom rule
Why This Answer Is Correct
A WAF rule checking the 'Referer' header can block requests that don't come from your authorized website, helping prevent hotlinking.
This question evaluates your knowledge of Amazon CloudFront — a core concept tested in AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02). Understanding Amazon CloudFront 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.
Your media company streams video content to users globally. Users in different regions are experiencing high latency. You need to improve performance by caching content closer to the users. Which service should you implement?
A global news website experiences massive spikes in traffic during major events. They want to serve static content with the lowest possible latency and protect their backend from L7 DDoS attacks while reducing the load on their ALB. Which combination of services should they use?
A media company is streaming high-definition video globally. They want to ensure that users in Australia experience low latency when accessing content originally hosted on an S3 bucket in the us-east-1 region. Which AWS service is required?
A media company is using Amazon CloudFront to serve high-value video content. They want to ensure that only authorized viewers can access the content, and the authorization should be checked for every single request at the edge. Which solution is most appropriate?
You are hosting a static website on S3. You want to serve content via HTTPS with a custom domain name (e.g., example.com). What is the AWS-recommended architecture?