Traditional Networking vs eBPF Networking

Traditional Networking vs eBPF Networking An architecture diagram generated by Archify. Application · user space · Traditional Networking Application user space Kernel · network stack · Traditional Networking Kernel network stack NIC · network interface · Traditional Networking NIC network interface Application · user space · eBPF Networking Application user space eBPF Programs · sandboxed in-kernel programs · eBPF Networking eBPF Programs sandboxed in-kernel programs Kernel · network stack · eBPF Networking Kernel network stack NIC · network interface · eBPF Networking NIC network interface packet packet bypass stack Traditional Networking eBPF Networking Legend Frontend Backend Cloud Security