Question 290
In an AWS networking assessment, a payment site uses a CloudFront viewer protocol policy that permits plaintext HTTP when clients access sensitive paths. Which technical explanation BEST accounts for the observed condition?
Explanation
Correct Answer
An origin secured by TLS does not protect the client-to-edge leg if HTTP remains allowed. This explains the observed network behavior, which can be checked by verifying that sensitive content is inaccessible over plaintext HTTP and delivered through HTTPS.
Incorrect Answers
End-to-end confidentiality requires securing both client-to-ALB and ALB-to-target legs when policy demands. The decisive technical distinction is CloudFront viewer protocol policies can redirect or require HTTPS for viewer requests; an origin secured by TLS does not protect the client-to-edge leg if HTTP remains allowed.
CloudFront's certificate region requirements differ from those of regional ALB listeners. For the stated conditions, an origin secured by TLS does not protect the client-to-edge leg if HTTP remains allowed. The more specific mechanism is CloudFront viewer protocol policies can redirect or require HTTPS for viewer requests.
HTTPS transport encryption does not establish server identity when its certificate is invalid or expired. For the stated conditions, an origin secured by TLS does not protect the client-to-edge leg if HTTP remains allowed. The more specific mechanism is CloudFront viewer protocol policies can redirect or require HTTPS for viewer requests.






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