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title: How it works · Cloudflare Smart Shield docs
description: Refer to the pages below to understand how Dedicated CDN Egress IPs work.
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Refer to the pages below to understand how Dedicated CDN Egress IPs work.

* [Egress IPs](https://developers.cloudflare.com/smart-shield/configuration/dedicated-egress-ips/how-it-works/egress-ips/)
* [Connection forwarding](https://developers.cloudflare.com/smart-shield/configuration/dedicated-egress-ips/how-it-works/connection-forwarding/)
