AWS Network Firewall vs WAF vs Security Groups vs NACLs

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AWS Network Firewall vs WAF vs Security Groups vs NACLs

  • AWS Network Firewall is stateful, fully managed, network firewall and intrusion detection and prevention service (IDS/IPS) for VPCs.
  • AWS WAF is a web application firewall that helps protect web applications from attacks by allowing rules configuration that allow, block, or monitor (count) web requests based on defined conditions.
  • Security groups act as a virtual firewall for associated instances, controlling both inbound and outbound traffic at the instance level
  • Network access control lists (NACLs) act as a firewall for associated subnets, controlling both inbound and outbound traffic at the subnet level

AWS Security Groups vs NACLs vs WAF vs Network Firewall