AWS Certified SysOps Administrator SOA-C01 – Question163 - AWS Certified SysOps Administrator SOA-C01

A user has configured an SSL listener at ELB as well as on the back-end instances. Which of the below mentioned statements helps the user understand ELB traffic handling with respect to the SSL listener?

A. It is not possible to have the SSL listener both at ELB and back-end instances
B. ELB will modify headers to add requestor details
C. ELB will intercept the request to add the cookie details if sticky session is enabled
D. ELB will not modify the headers

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

Explanation: When the user has configured Transmission Control Protocol (TCP. or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL. for both front-end and back-end connections of the Elastic Load Balancer, the load balancer forwards the request to the back-end instances without modifying the request headers unless the proxy header is enabled. SSL does not support sticky sessions. If the user has enabled a proxy protocol it adds the source and destination IP to the header.