VPC

Question 1

What is a Gateway VPC Endpoint?

Answer 1

There are two different types of VPC endpoint: interface endpoint, and gateway endpoint.

With a gateway endpoint you configure your route table to point to the endpoint.

Amazon S3 and DynamoDB use gateway endpoints.

Question 2

What is AWS Direct Connect DX

Answer 2

Provides dedicated network connections between on-premises environments and AWS cloud resources.
High speed, high bandwidth, private network connection from customer to aws.

DX is a physical fibre connection to AWS running at 1Gbps or 10Gbps

Lower costs for organizations that transfer large volumes of data

DX Connections are NOT encrypted!

Use an IPSec S2S VPN connection over a VIF to add encryption in transit