
4/9/2024 · Erick Lee
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This post details how Confluent Cloud enables secure integrations with external data sources and sinks through various networking features. It explains the use of Public Egress IPs for IP-based firewalling, AWS Gateway and Azure VNet Service Endpoints for secure traffic within cloud networks, DNS Forwarding for resolving private FQDNs in peered networks, and Egress Access Points for PrivateLink connections. It provides specific examples for AWS S3 Sink Connector and HTTP source connector, outlining configuration steps and underlying technologies like TLS, VPC Interface Endpoints, and Azure Private Endpoints.