# Cloud Next Generation Firewall documentation

[Read product documentation](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-firewalls.md.txt)
Cloud Next Generation Firewall provides a fully distributed firewall service with
advanced protection capabilities and pervasive coverage to protect your Google Cloud workloads
from internal and external attacks.

[Go to the Cloud Next Generation Firewall product page for more.](https://cloud.google.com/security/products/firewall/)

## Documentation resources

Find quickstarts and guides, review key references, and get help with common issues.

### Discover

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  [Cloud Next Generation Firewall overview](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-firewalls.md.txt)

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  [Firewall policies and rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/firewall-policies-overview.md.txt)

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  [FQDN objects](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/firewall-policies-rule-details.md.txt#domain-names-for-firewall)

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  [Threat intelligence for firewall policies](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/firewall-policies-rule-details.md.txt#threat-intelligence-fw-policy)

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  [Intrusion detection and prevention service](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/about-intrusion-prevention.md.txt)

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  [Address groups for firewall policies](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/address-groups-firewall-policies.md.txt)

### Configure

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  [Hierarchical firewall policies and rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/using-firewall-policies.md.txt)

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  [Global network firewall policies and rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/use-network-firewall-policies.md.txt)

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  [Regional network firewall policies and rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/use-regional-firewall-policies.md.txt)

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  [Tags with firewalls](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/use-tags-for-firewalls.md.txt)

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  [TLS inspection](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/setup-tls-inspection.md.txt)

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  [VPC firewall rules](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/using-firewalls.md.txt)

### Reference

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  [APIs and gcloud CLI](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/apis.md.txt)

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  [Pricing](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/pricing)

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  [Release notes](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/release-notes.md.txt)

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  [Quotas and limits](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/quotas.md.txt)

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  [Billing questions](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/billing-questions.md.txt)

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  [Support](https://docs.cloud.google.com/firewall/docs/getting-support.md.txt)

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