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Secure Azure Virtual Network using Network Security Groups


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The way that Network Virtualization is implemented in Hyper-V and subsequently in Microsoft Azure IaaS, enables explicitly the Routing between Virtual Subnets. This is the reason why the traffic between Virtual Subnets, that are part of the same Virtual Network, is unrestricted unless we have applied Network Security Groups.

 

Network Security Groups Is a way to control traffic between Virtual Subnets of an Azure Virtual Network as well as the Internet. Moreover, Network Security Groups provide segmentation within Azure Virtual Network, by applying rules according to our needs and design.

 

Until Network Security Groups became Generally Available, the only way to control traffic was endpoint based Access Control Lists. By applying ACLs to a Virtual Machine’s public endpoint, we have a way to control the ingress traffic to this port of this particular Virtual Machine. Network Security Groups takes this capability a step ahead and enables us to control all inbound as well as outbound traffic of a Virtual Machine or a Virtual Subnet.

How does a Network Security Group (NSG) work ?

 

A Network Security Group has a name and a descriptive label and is associated to an Azure Region. It contains Inbound and Outbound traffic rules and can be applied to a Virtual Machine, a Virtual Subnet or both.

 

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