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title: Concepts · Cloudflare Smart Shield docs
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* [Network diagram](https://developers.cloudflare.com/smart-shield/concepts/network-diagram/)
* [Connection reuse](https://developers.cloudflare.com/smart-shield/concepts/connection-reuse/)
