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CNCF [Cloud Native Computing Foundation]

Life Without Sidecars - Is eBPF's Promise Too Good to Be True?

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This talk evaluates what an eBPF-powered service mesh can provide and whether it can replace sidecars. It examines mesh architecture, request handling, policy, resilience, security, and operational tradeoffs.

Syllabus

Intro
Agenda
Main pillars of a service mesh
Control plane
Proxy (Data plane)
Request path
Traditional reverse proxy
Things that are hard
Latency aware load balancing
Identity based policy
Retries
Possible use cases
Shared proxy per node
Shared proxy per service account
Sidecar advantages
Popular folklore
Conclusion

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