VMware 6V0-21.25 Exam - Topic 1 Question 3 Discussion

A massive architectural advantage of the VMware vDefend Distributed Firewall (DFW) is that its enforcement mechanism is entirely decoupled from the underlying network topology. Because the firewall rules are enforced directly at the hypervisor kernel level (specifically at the virtual NIC of the VM) before the traffic even hits the virtual switch, it is completely agnostic to how that traffic is eventually transported.

Therefore, DFW seamlessly supports and protects VMs whether they are connected to modern NSX Geneve Overlay Networks, traditional NSX-backed VLAN Networks, or even standard vSphere Distributed Port Groups (DvPG Networks) that have no routing overlay.

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