Question 120
In an AWS networking assessment, VPC Flow Logs show many packets to TCP 443 but the analyst needs to identify the HTTP URL path requested. Which technical explanation BEST accounts for the observed condition?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Layer-three/four flow metadata cannot reveal encrypted HTTP resource paths. This explains the observed network behavior, which can be checked by verifying that the application-layer log identifies the offending request URI and correlates with flow timing.
Incorrect Answers
The default record shape may omit fields needed for reliable SYN-only or RST event classification. The reported evidence instead concerns flow logs capture network tuple and byte metadata, not HTTP application URL path contents: layer-three/four flow metadata cannot reveal encrypted HTTP resource paths.
Viewer-edge processing can generate responses before any origin connection exists. The decisive technical distinction is flow logs capture network tuple and byte metadata, not HTTP application URL path contents; layer-three/four flow metadata cannot reveal encrypted HTTP resource paths.
Keeping stale forwarding targets can cause DNS timeouts despite healthy VPC network interfaces. That property alone cannot account for the reported symptom; layer-three/four flow metadata cannot reveal encrypted HTTP resource paths.






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