Exam AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C03 topic 1 question 457 discussion

Option C stands out stronger because AWS Transfer Family securely scales your recurring business-to-business file transfers to AWS Storage services using SFTP, FTPS, FTP, and AS2 protocols. And AWS Lambda can be used to authenticate users with the company's IdP.

aws transfer family for data transfer and lamda function for idp authentication

https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/07/aws-transfer-family-support-applicability-statement-2-as2/

To authenticate your users, you can use your existing identity provider with AWS Transfer Family. You integrate your identity provider using an AWS Lambda function, which authenticates and authorizes your users for access to Amazon S3 or Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS).

Applicability Statement 2 (AS2) is a business-to-business (B2B) messaging protocol used to exchange Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) documents. With AWS Transfer Family’s AS2 capabilities, you can securely exchange AS2 messages at scale while maintaining compliance and interoperability with your trading partners.

D is ok

its own IdP -> Lambda

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/transfer/latest/userguide/custom-identity-provider-users.html

C is correct. AWS Transfer Family supports the AS2 protocol, which is required by the company​. Also, AWS Lambda can be used to authenticate users with the company's IdP, which meets the company's requirement.

Answer - D AS2 is a widely used protocol for secure and reliable data transfer. In this scenario, the company wants to transfer data using the AS2 protocol and authenticate application users using their own identity provider (IdP). AWS Storage Gateway provides a hybrid cloud storage solution that enables data transfer between on-premises environments and AWS. By using AWS Storage Gateway, you can set up a gateway that supports the AS2 protocol for data transfer. Additionally, you can configure authentication using an Amazon Cognito identity pool. Amazon Cognito provides a comprehensive authentication and user management service that integrates with various identity providers, including your own IdP. Therefore, Option D is the correct solution as it leverages AWS Storage Gateway for AS2 data transfer and allows authentication using an Amazon Cognito identity pool integrated with the company's IdP.

https://repost.aws/articles/ARo2ihKKThT2Cue5j6yVUgsQ/articles/ARo2ihKKThT2Cue5j6yVUgsQ/aws-transfer-family-announces-support-for-sending-as2-messages-over-https?

C is correct

AWS Storage Gateway supports the AS2 protocol for transferring data. By using AWS Storage Gateway, the company can integrate its own IdP authentication by creating an Amazon Cognito identity pool. Amazon Cognito provides user authentication and authorization capabilities, allowing the company to authenticate application users using its own IdP. AWS Transfer Family does not currently support the AS2 protocol. AS2 is a specific protocol used for secure and reliable data transfer, often used in business-to-business (B2B) scenarios. In this case, option C, which suggests using AWS Transfer Family, would not meet the requirement of using the AS2 protocol.

ChatGP To meet the requirements of using an identity provider (IdP) for user authentication and the AS2 protocol for data transfer, you can implement the following solution: AWS Transfer Family: Use AWS Transfer Family, specifically AWS Transfer for SFTP or FTPS, to handle the data transfer using the AS2 protocol. AWS Transfer for SFTP and FTPS provide fully managed, highly available SFTP and FTPS servers in the AWS Cloud. Not sure about Lamdba tho