COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
TYPES OF NETWORK SECURITY
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Question
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Binary
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Denary
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Floats
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Hexadecimal
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Detailed explanation-1: -A MAC address is a 48-bit hexadecimal address. It’s usually six sets of two digits or characters, separated by colons. An example MAC address would be 00:00:5e:00:53:af. Many network card and other hardware manufacturers use a unique sequence at the beginning of their products’ MAC addresses.
Detailed explanation-2: -A MAC address is sometimes referred to as a physical address because it is physically embedded in the interface. Sometimes it is also referred to as a network address, which is incorrect. A network address is the logical protocol address assigned to the network to which the interface is connected.
Detailed explanation-3: -MAC addressing A MAC address is a unique serial number assigned to each network interface controller (NIC) . This allows a network to uniquely identify any device, even when a dynamic IP address is assigned using DHCP, each time the device connects to a network.