What is security group in Spanish?

In Spanish, "security group" is "grupo de seguridad": Un firewall virtual en AWS que controla el trafico entrante y saliente de instancias EC2 y otros recursos. Los grupos de seguridad son con estado: si permites trafico entrante, la respuesta se permite automaticamente hacia fuera.

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What does "security group" mean in programming?

security group is one of the most common terms in software development. This guide explains what it means, how it is used in practice, and why it matters, with real examples from the developer world.

Definition

A virtual firewall in AWS that controls inbound and outbound traffic for EC2 instances and other resources. Security groups are stateful: if you allow inbound traffic, the response is automatically allowed out.

Example

"Add port 443 to the security group to allow HTTPS traffic to the load balancer."

Related terms

EC2 instance
VPC
IAM role
CloudWatch
Auto Scaling group

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