Delivering content to the right user in the right location can be a very daunting task. Some applications require us to deliver content from our environment in a secure manner and reach only the target audience that the content is intended for. This can be quite challenging to design and build in a typical web application, as the service will need to be able to clearly identify the user and their location. Luckily, CloudFront has been designed with a secure content approach in mind and has several features that give us complete control over content delivery.
When required, we can choose CloudFront to help us control access to our application content with signed URLs or cookies. A signed URL will help us define the access to the content in our application by specifying conditions on which the application will allow access to the content. For example, these...
