Network

  • You don’t control requests that reach a single instance like security groups, but you control requests that reach an entire subnet
  • They all apply to all instances inside of a subnet
  • One NACL can be associated with multiple subnets, but one subnet can only have one NACL
  • stateless
    • You have to set different rules for requests and responses
  • Just like security groups, there are inbound and outbound rules
    • By default, it allows ALL inbound & outbound traffic
    • security groups are more recommended
  • Network ACLs override security groups when denying traffic