# Amazon Network Firewall Documentation

Amazon Network Firewall is a stateful, managed, network firewall and intrusion detection and prevention service for your virtual private cloud (VPC).

- [Developer Guide](/en_us/network-firewall/latest/developerguide/): Describes how to use Amazon Network Firewall. Explains key concepts and provides guidance for using the features.
- [API Reference](/en_us/network-firewall/latest/APIReference/): Describes the Amazon Network Firewall API operations in detail. Also provides sample requests, responses, and errors for the supported web services protocols.

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