Networking & Content Delivery
Author: Vijay Menon
Vijay Menon is a Principal Solutions Architect based out of Singapore with a background in large scale networks and communications infrastructure. He enjoys learning new technologies and helping customers solve complex technical problems by providing solutions using AWS products and services. When he is not helping customers, he likes to go on long runs and spend time with family and friends.
Secure customer resource access in multi-tenant SaaS with Amazon VPC Lattice
In this post, we provide prescriptive guidance for building resilient and scalable multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) network architectures to address common challenges such as managing overlapping IP addresses, complex CIDR planning, and scaling connectivity to thousands of customers. We explore multiple architectural approaches using Amazon VPC Lattice with TCP resources, and conclude with detailed implementation guidance […]
Redirecting internet bound traffic through a transparent forward proxy
Centralized egress is the principle of using a single, common inspection point for all network traffic destined for the internet. This approach is beneficial from a security perspective because it limits exposure to externally accessible malicious resources, such as malware command and control (C&C) infrastructure. This inspection is generally done by a firewall like AWS […]
Monitoring AWS Transit Gateway route limits using a serverless architecture
AWS Transit Gateway simplifies your network and puts an end to complex peering relationships. It acts as a cloud router and scales elastically based on the volume of network traffic. It can centralize connections (known as attachments) from your on-premises networks, and attach to Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (VPC) Virtual Private Networks (VPN), AWS Direct […]
Integrating sub-1 Gbps hosted connections with AWS Transit Gateway
Update August 8,2022: AWS Direct Connect now supports connections to AWS Transit Gateway at speeds of 500 megabits per second (Mbps) and lower. The architecture described in this post is no longer needed. AWS Transit Gateway provides you with the ability to connect multiple VPCs, VPNs and scale up to 5,000 attachments. It simplifies management […]