What's cooking in the AWS kitchen? Recipes for a better web
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Shows concrete recipes using CloudFront plus Lambda@Edge nodejs function to validate Cognito-issued JSON Web Tokens at the edge, return HTTP 401 without hitting the origin, and inject security headers like HSTS and CSP. Uses KMS, ACM, and WAF for keys, certs, and bot protection. Demonstrates image resize/watermarking from query strings, caching results, and a live Sky News workflow using Elemental Media Services and Amazon Rekognition to ID people served via CloudFront across 117 edge locations.
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