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Unlocking Speed: eBPF-Based Auto-Instrumentation Over 20x Faster Than Traditional Instrumentation

The article discusses the Odigos project, which utilizes eBPF for automated tracing in applications, addressing challenges like code modification and performance dips associated with traditional tracing. It showcases that eBPF-based auto-instrumentation is over 20x faster than manual instrumentation, significantly reducing performance overhead

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XDP: Your eBPF Packet Processing Introduction!

Learn about how XDP enables network applications to function safely within the Kernel, even before processing by the host's networking stack

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The Evolution and Impact of eBPF: A list of Key Research Papers from Recent Years

A comprehensive list of research papers related to eBPF and highlighting eBPF's capabilities in accelerating network processing, enhancing observability, and enabling programmable packet processing

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eBPF vs Traditional Packet Filtering Technologies: A Deep Dive

Dive into the technical foundations of both eBPF and traditional packet filtering, their architectures, performance metrics, advanced features, and security aspects

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Learning eBPF Review

Leigh Finch provides a review of the book 'Learning eBPF' by Liz Rice, emphasizing its unique approach towards eBPF from a security and kernel modification perspective, beyond the common observability and performance lens

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Pitfalls of relying on eBPF for security monitoring (and some solutions)

This blog post discusses the use of eBPF for security monitoring, highlighting significant pitfalls like uninvoked probes and data truncation. It offers insight into these challenges and emphasizes the importance of handling eBPF's limitations for robust security tool development

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Not Your Grandpa’s Packet Filter: eBPF in Cloud-Native Networking

This article explores how eBPF has evolved from a simple packet filter into a general-purpose compute engine within the kernel, and how it adds functionality, flexibility and performance to a decades-old technology

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Using eBPF for Network Observability

Explore how eBPF enhances network observability by monitoring network behavior and linking it to internal workload activities

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Grafana Beyla Provides Auto-Instrumented Observability through eBPF

Grafana introduces "Grafana Beyla," an open-source eBPF auto-instrumentation tool. Beyla reports span information and RED metrics for Linux HTTP/S and gRPC services without necessitating code modifications

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Latest eBPF Advances Are Harbingers of Major Changes to IT

This post explores the latest eBPF advancements and its impact in IT. It also discusses the eBPF Summit, Microsoft intent to introduce eBPF in Windows, and the broader implications of eBPF in enhancing software performance by running applications closer to the kernel

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