Segurity groups Link to heading

A virtual firewall.

Basics Link to heading

  • Controls inbound and outbound traffic
  • Inbound is blocked by default
  • Outbound is allowed by default
  • EC2: mutliple SGs can be assigned
  • SGs are STATEFUL (ACLs are stateless)

Best practices Link to heading

  • Don’t block specific ip address with SGs instead use NACLs