CHAPTER 6

Networking

In this chapter, we’ll cover

•   How network constructs are built in Google Cloud Platform

•   The various options for connecting to your cloud, including where and when they should be used

•   Best security principles to defend your network against internal and external attackers

•   A story about networks in a post-apocalyptic world

Evidence shows that the earliest human beings existed more 3 million years ago. These human beings had no concept of a network. Evolution had not enough time to grow and develop their brains to think about things like language and connections, and they were unable to think beyond their instincts for staying alive—find food and eat food or you’ll die. About 2.5 million years ago, the first ...

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