Ebtables

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ebtables

If we are using Virtualization and we need to configure some firewall rules for bridge interfaces then we can use 'ebtables' instead of 'iptables' as bridges uses only Ethernet protocol (OSI Layer 2) and not IP protocol (OSI Layer 3) and hence do not require use iptables rules.