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AWS Certified Solutions Architect study material · question 342 of 500

A private NAT gateway's route is pointed at the VPC's internet gateway. What happens to that traffic?

  1. It is translated to the gateway's Elastic IP address
  2. The route is rejected when it is created
  3. The internet gateway discards it
  4. It reaches the internet as though from a public NAT gateway
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Answer: C. The internet gateway discards it

A private NAT gateway is meant for other VPCs or on-premises networks through a transit or virtual private gateway; the internet gateway simply drops its traffic.

Source: NAT gateways (Amazon Web Services) — NAT gateways — connectivity types

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