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Wouldn't it be more efficient to just have all or nearly all packets bypass the network kernel? Why compromise?

• mavam 11y ago
  That's exactly the idea behind packet bricks (see other comment): you have one single tool that takes all the packets directly from the NIC (say eth0) and then exposes them according to your bricks configuration to a bunch of other interfaces (eth0}0, etho0}1, etc.). Very similar to Click. This layer of indirection obviates the need for shared NIC access, which is what CloudFlare works around in a more cumbersome way.
  • s1m0n 11y ago
    Looks interesting. I'll take a look. You might also be interested in mTCP (https://github.com/eunyoung14/mtcp https://github.com/eunyoung14/mtcp), or possibly adding mTCP functionality to packet bricks?
    • mavam 11y ago
      Excellent follow up, because the main developer of packet bricks is also a co-author of mTCP :-).
      • s1m0n 11y ago
        :-)