PCNE Implementing VPC Instances Practice Question
Which statement about Cloud Armor security policies is true?
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They support both allow and deny actions for incoming requests.
Cloud Armor security policies can be attached to HTTPS Load Balancers. They support rules with conditions like IP addresses, geographic regions, and preconfigured WAF rules. They also support rate limiting.
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They can be attached to any GCP resource, including Compute Engine instances.
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Armor policies attach only to load balancers.
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They support both allow and deny actions for incoming requests.
Why this is correct
Rules can allow or deny traffic based on conditions.
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They are evaluated after the firewall rules.
Why it's wrong here
Cloud Armor policies are evaluated at the load balancer, before traffic reaches the VPC firewall.
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They cannot be used with internal load balancers.
Why it's wrong here
They can be used with external HTTPS Load Balancers; internal load balancers are not supported.
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