What is a MAC layer firewall?

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MAC layer firewalls are designed to operate at the media access control sublayer of the data link layer (Layer 2) of the OSI network model. This enables these firewalls to consider, in their filtering decisions, the specific host computer's identity, as represented by its MAC or Network Interface Card (NIC) address. Using this approach, the MAC addresses of specific host computers are linked to ACL entries that identify the specific types of packets that can be sent to each host; all other traffic is blocked.

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