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What role does CloudFront play in protecting applications from security threats?

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CloudFront integrates directly with AWS WAF, letting you attach web application firewall rules that block common attacks such as SQL injection and cross site scripting before they ever reach your origin server, and it also supports HTTPS enforcement with free SSL certificates through AWS Certificate Manager, keeping data encrypted in transit.
aws cloudfront update-distribution --id ABC123 --distribution-config file://config-with-waf.json
Real-world example A financial services company attaches AWS WAF rules to its CloudFront distribution to automatically block malicious traffic patterns before they reach its backend servers, reducing the load and risk on its origin infrastructure.

Common follow-ups: How do you attach a WAF web ACL to a CloudFront distribution?;What is the difference between CloudFront's built in DDoS protection and AWS Shield?

AWS WAF & Shield;AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
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