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This podcast provides a comprehensive architectural and security analysis of three core AWS global delivery services: Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon Route 53 (DNS), and Amazon CloudFront (CDN). It explains the foundational mechanics of each service, detailing how ELB leverages the Hyperplane for scaling, how Route 53 uses an Anycast data plane for global resilience, and how CloudFront relies on a multi-tiered Edge and Regional Cache hierarchy for performance. A significant portion of the discussion focuses on the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, explicitly outlining customer configuration mandates for security, such as compulsory use of Origin Access Control (OAC), enforcement of strong TLS policies, and designing statically stable Disaster Recovery (DR) procedures that avoid reliance on the Route 53 control plane during outages. Finally, the analysis uses historical incident reviews to stress the importance of advanced security measures, including multi-dimensional WAF rate limiting and mandatory use of AWS Shield Advanced for DDoS mitigation.
 By HelloInfoSec
By HelloInfoSecThis podcast provides a comprehensive architectural and security analysis of three core AWS global delivery services: Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon Route 53 (DNS), and Amazon CloudFront (CDN). It explains the foundational mechanics of each service, detailing how ELB leverages the Hyperplane for scaling, how Route 53 uses an Anycast data plane for global resilience, and how CloudFront relies on a multi-tiered Edge and Regional Cache hierarchy for performance. A significant portion of the discussion focuses on the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, explicitly outlining customer configuration mandates for security, such as compulsory use of Origin Access Control (OAC), enforcement of strong TLS policies, and designing statically stable Disaster Recovery (DR) procedures that avoid reliance on the Route 53 control plane during outages. Finally, the analysis uses historical incident reviews to stress the importance of advanced security measures, including multi-dimensional WAF rate limiting and mandatory use of AWS Shield Advanced for DDoS mitigation.