aws-network-certification
Materials for AWS Certified Advanced Network Specialty Certification Crash Course.
Pre-reqs: Familiarity with the OSI Model and IPv4 subnetting.
AWS
Billing
- Twitter: AWS Data Transfer Costs
- AWS Direct Connect pricing
- Amazon CloudFront Pricing
- AWS VPN pricing
- AWS Transit Gateway pricing
Direct Connect
VPC
- Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Documentation
- VPCs and subnets
- Network-to-Amazon VPC connectivity options
- Slideshare: Amazon VPC: Security at the Speed Of Light (AWS re:Invent 2018)
- VPC Flow Logs
- Flow log record examples
Security
- Overview of AWS Security - Network Security (PDF - 2016)
- Amazon EC2 security groups for Linux instances: Connection tracking
- Building a Scalable and Secure Multi-VPC AWS Network Infrastructure (PDF - 2020)
Layer 2
Layer 3
BGP
- Cisco: BGP Best Path Selection Algorithm
- Google Sites blog: BGP AS-Path Prepending and AS-Path Filters
- Cisco: How BGP Routers Use the Multi-Exit Discriminator for Best Path Selection (CCO Account Required)
VPN
Layer 7 Services
DHCP
DNS
- Choosing a DNS routing policy
- How Amazon Route 53 uses EDNS0 to estimate the location of a user
- How can I determine whether my DNS queries to the Amazon provided DNS server are failing due to VPC DNS throttling?
- How to Set Up DNS Resolution Between On-Premises Networks and AWS Using AWS Directory Service and Amazon Route 53
- Hybrid Cloud DNS Options for Amazon VPC (PDF)
- How to Set Up DNS Resolution Between On-Premises Networks and AWS Using AWS Directory Service and Microsoft Active Directory
- Amazon Route 53 Resolver for Hybrid Clouds
Load Balancing
- Application Load Balancers Now Support Multiple TLS Certificates With Smart Selection Using SNI
- Listeners for your Application Load Balancers: Rule action types