What is the primary characteristic of a Direct Connect service in cloud networking?

It translates domain names to IP addresses

It is a software-based firewall that filters traffic

It encrypts all traffic using TLS over the public internet

It provides a dedicated, private network connection to cloud resources

What is the main purpose of a VPN in a cloud environment?

To provide a dedicated physical link to the cloud

To balance traffic across multiple servers

To translate domain names to IP addresses

To provide a secure connection over the internet to access cloud resources

What is the primary purpose of a firewall in a cloud network?

To distribute traffic across servers

To translate domain names to IP addresses

To control incoming and outgoing traffic based on security rules

To provide a dedicated network connection

A Linux administrator needs to securely manage a cloud server. The server has a public IP address, and the administrator wants to use SSH. The security team requires that SSH access be restricted to the administrator's office IP address. Which configuration should be implemented?

Disable password authentication and use only SSH keys.

Change the SSH port to a non-standard port.

Configure the cloud firewall to allow inbound SSH traffic only from the office IP address.

Use a VPN to access the server and then SSH over the VPN.

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What is the primary characteristic of a Direct Connect service in cloud networking?
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When a user types a URL like 'www.example.com' into a browser, which service is responsible for translating that name into the IP address of the cloud server?
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What is the main purpose of a VPN in a cloud environment?
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A Linux administrator needs to securely manage a cloud server. The server has a public IP address, and the administrator wants to use SSH. The security team requires that SSH access be restricted to the administrator's office IP address. Which configuration should be implemented?
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