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ACL
AccessControlList(ACL)allowsyoutodeneclassi-
¬cationrulesorestablishcriteriatoprovidesecurity
to your network by blocking unauthorized users and
allowingauthorizedus¬erstoaccessspecicareasor
resources. ACLs can provide basic security for access to
the network by controling whether packets are forward-
ed or blocked at the Switch ports. Access Control Lists
(ACLs)areltersthatallowyoutoclassifydatapackets
according to a particular content in the packet header,
such as the source address, destination address, source
port number, destination port number, and more. Packet
classiersidentifyowsformoreefcientprocessing.
Eachlterdenestheconditionsthatmustmatchforin-
clusioninthelter.ACLsareusedtoprovidetrafcow
control, restrict contents of routing updates, and deter-
minewhichtypesoftrafcareforwardedorblocked.
ThiscriterioncanbespeciedonabasisoftheMAC
address or IP address.
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