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Start Kubernetes Security Fundamentals PracticeWhich admission controller plugin is responsible for intercepting requests to modify objects and checking whether the user has sufficient RBAC permissions?
Explanation: The RBAC admission controller enforces authorization decisions based on Role and ClusterRole bindings.
An engineer has written a NetworkPolicy that selects pods with the label app=backend. The policy specifies an ingress rule allowing traffic from pods labeled app=frontend in the same namespace, but does not specify any egress rules. What is the network behavior for outgoing traffic from the backend pods?
Explanation: Kubernetes NetworkPolicies are additive and stateful. If a NetworkPolicy selects a pod and includes an ingress section, ingress traffic is restricted. However, because no egress section is defined, egress traffic from the selected pods is completely blocked.
Under the Pod Security Standards, a developer attempts to deploy a pod with 'privileged: true' in a namespace labeled with 'pod-security.kubernetes.io/enforce=baseline'. What will happen?
Explanation: The 'baseline' profile prohibits privileged containers. The admission controller will reject the pod creation request.
You need to restrict network traffic so that only pods with the label 'tier=frontend' can communicate with pods labeled 'tier=backend' in the same namespace. Which Kubernetes resource should you create?
Explanation: A NetworkPolicy is used to restrict pod-to-pod and network traffic at the IP/port/label level.
You are auditing a Kubernetes cluster and notice that a specific ServiceAccount has been granted the 'impersonate' verb on users. What security risk does this permission introduce?
Explanation: The 'impersonate' verb allows the holder to act as other users or service accounts, effectively escalating their privileges to match any identity they can impersonate.
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