Which AWS service provides DNS resolution?

Question

Options

• AAmazon CloudFront
• BAmazon VPC
• CAmazon Route 53
• DAWS Direct Connect

• A
  2% (1)
• B
  3% (2)
• C
  95% (58)

Explanation

Amazon Route 53 is AWS's scalable and highly available Domain Name System (DNS) web service, designed specifically to route end users to internet applications by translating human-readable domain names (like www.example.com) into IP addresses that computers use to connect - making it the definitive DNS resolution service on AWS.

The distractors are wrong for these reasons:

• Amazon CloudFront (A) is a Content Delivery Network (CDN) that caches and delivers content globally - not a DNS service.
• Amazon VPC (B) is a virtual private networking service that lets you isolate cloud resources - while it has internal DNS features, it is not the DNS service.
• AWS Direct Connect (D) provides dedicated private network connections between on-premises data centers and AWS - it has nothing to do with DNS resolution.

Memory Tip: Think of Route 53 as a road sign that routes traffic to the right destination - and 53 is the well-known port number for DNS, making this name a perfect giveaway for what the service does!

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