A Solutions Architect Is Designing a Two-Tier Web Application

question 27

Multiple Choice

A solutions architect is designing a two-tier web application. The application consists of a public-facing web tier hosted on Amazon EC2 in public subnets. The database tier consists of Microsoft SQL Server running on Amazon EC2 in a private subnet. Security is a high priority for the company. How should security groups be configured in this situation? (Choose two.)

• A) Configure the security group for the web tier to allow inbound traffic on port 443 from 0.0.0.0/0.
• B) Configure the security group for the web tier to allow outbound traffic on port 443 from 0.0.0.0/0.
• C) Configure the security group for the database tier to allow inbound traffic on port 1433 from the security group for the web tier.
• D) Configure the security group for the database tier to allow outbound traffic on ports 443 and 1433 to the security group for the web tier.
• E) Configure the security group for the database tier to allow inbound traffic on ports 443 and 1433 from the security group for the web tier.

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