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AWS Network Innovation Session
Core Networking Principles
- The core principles of networking have remained the same over the years - networks should be as reliable, performant, and secure as possible.
- The goal is to make the networking experience seem "magical" and taken for granted by users.
- The OSI layer model has been expanded with new layers, such as transport encryption (TLS/SSL/QUIC) and network encapsulation.
Encryption Layers
- AWS maintains its own implementations of encryption protocols (TLS/SSL/QUIC) and cryptography libraries, prioritizing security and performance.
- AWS has optimized these implementations down to the instruction-level, achieving up to 10x performance improvements.
- AWS also provides pervasive VPC encryption and physical network link encryption to provide defense-in-depth and additional security.
Global Network Expansion
- AWS has expanded its network backbone capacity by 80% in the last year, now spanning over 6 million kilometers of fiber optic cable.
- The network backbone has been upgraded to support 400 Gbps standard, pushing the boundaries of physics and engineering.
- AWS prefers to use its own network backbone for connectivity between regions, local zones, and points of presence, enabling the use of its own encryption and security measures.
Regional and Local Expansion
- AWS is constantly expanding its regional footprint, with recent launches in Kuala Lumpur and plans for 18 new availability zones and 6 new regions.
- AWS Local Zones bring compute resources closer to customers in cities without a full AWS Region, enabling low-latency use cases.
- AWS Dedicated Local Zones provide physically isolated, single-tenant infrastructure for customers with stringent data residency and security requirements.
Connectivity Options
- AWS Direct Connect provides private, high-speed connectivity to the cloud, now with over 140 locations globally and support for 400 Gbps.
- AWS Data Transfer Terminal makes it easier for customers to physically deliver data storage media to the cloud.
- AWS CloudFront has expanded to over 700 public internet points of presence and 900 embedded CloudFront PoPs in ISP and mobile operator networks.
Network Hardware and Software
- The AWS Nitro platform provides dedicated hardware acceleration for networking, with the latest Nitro V6 chips delivering 400 Gbps per instance.
- AWS has introduced hollow-core fiber optic cables to enable the true speed of light, improving latency for critical applications.
- Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) enables scalable, high-performance networking for AI/ML training and HPC workloads, even beyond the instance-level bandwidth.
Networking Services and Features
- AWS VPC enhancements include security group support for Transit Gateway and Network Load Balancer, shared security groups, and VPC Block Public Access.
- AWS PrivateLink and VPC Lattice provide flexible, secure service-to-service connectivity options, including support for UDP protocols and cross-region use cases.
- Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitoring enables real-time visibility into network traffic and troubleshooting across cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
Customer Highlight: Goldman Sachs
- Goldman Sachs' cloud journey is guided by three pillars: compliance, security, and scalability.
- The firm has collaborated with AWS to shape services like KMS and CloudTrail to meet financial services requirements.
- Goldman Sachs has adopted a zero-trust network architecture, leveraging services like AWS Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, and CloudWAN to enable secure, multi-region connectivity.
- The firm is exploring Amazon VPC Lattice for its service-to-service connectivity model and advanced authorization capabilities.