What is the purpose of CloudFront's Origin Access Identity (OAI)?

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What is the purpose of CloudFront's Origin Access Identity (OAI)?
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The Origin Access Identity (OAI) allows you to securely access your S3 bucket without making the bucket publicly accessible. It creates a separate, private network for CloudFront to interact with your S3 data. This enhances security and simplifies permissions management.