====== G ======

  * Geofeed: a list of IP address ranges associated with geolocation information
    * Created by Google in 2013
    * Standardized as [[https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8805|RFC 8805]] in 2020
  * GFE = Google Front End
    * Software-defined, distributed systems that sit in Google's <<pop>>s and are distributed globally.
    * Used by GCP services, not by customer VMs: Customer VMs use [[gcp:c|Cloud Front End]], a similar product using the GCE networking stack.
    * provides DoS protection
    * https://cloud.google.com/docs/security/infrastructure/design#google_front_end_service
    * TLS termination converting requests to RPC for GCP services
  * GUA = Globally Unique Address.
    *In IPv6, normal addresses, publically routable. Compare [[gcp:u|ULA]].
  * gVNIC = Google Virtual NIC 
    * a virtual network interface designed specifically for Compute Engine. 
    * integrated with [[gcp:a|Andromeda]], poised to replace [[gcp:v|VirtIO]] in newer configurations