Bill Mulligan 🐝🐝🐝
@breakawaybilly.bsky.social
Cloud Native networking, observability, and security with Cilium, eBPF, and Isovalent
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A High-Performance XDP/eBPF Packet Broker for Flow-Based Distribution of VXLAN-Encapsulated Traffic for Network Analysis
GitHub - alrolo3/xdp-broker: XDPBroker: A High-Performance XDP/eBPF Packet Broker for Flow-Based Distribution of VXLAN-Encapsulated Traffic for Network Analysis
XDPBroker: A High-Performance XDP/eBPF Packet Broker for Flow-Based Distribution of VXLAN-Encapsulated Traffic for Network Analysis - alrolo3/xdp-broker
github.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A High-Performance XDP/eBPF Packet Broker for Flow-Based Distribution of VXLAN-Encapsulated Traffic for Network Analysis
eBPF-based troubleshooting tool for Kubernetes applications
GitHub - gma1k/podtrace: eBPF-based troubleshooting tool for Kubernetes applications
eBPF-based troubleshooting tool for Kubernetes applications - gma1k/podtrace
github.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
eBPF-based troubleshooting tool for Kubernetes applications
100,000 CPU cores handling 10 million requests per second while reducing infrastructure costs by 19% and worker hangs by 99.8%. Alibaba leverages eBPF with a userspace-directed I/O event notification framework for L7 load balancing.
Case Study: Alibaba Cloud Leverages eBPF for Adaptive Layer 7 Load Balancing – eBPF
Download this case study in PDF format
ebpf.foundation
December 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
100,000 CPU cores handling 10 million requests per second while reducing infrastructure costs by 19% and worker hangs by 99.8%. Alibaba leverages eBPF with a userspace-directed I/O event notification framework for L7 load balancing.
Cilium has been on the keynote stage in end user architectures for the last 4 KubeCon's in a row because it has become the baseline in cloud native.
When all major cloud providers and distros make a technology their default, it stops being "cutting edge" and starts being "infrastructure."
When all major cloud providers and distros make a technology their default, it stops being "cutting edge" and starts being "infrastructure."
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Cilium has been on the keynote stage in end user architectures for the last 4 KubeCon's in a row because it has become the baseline in cloud native.
When all major cloud providers and distros make a technology their default, it stops being "cutting edge" and starts being "infrastructure."
When all major cloud providers and distros make a technology their default, it stops being "cutting edge" and starts being "infrastructure."
Will I see anyone there tonight?
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OTel Night Berlin v2025.11 - Scaling Observability & Collector Adoption | CNCF
In-person Event - Join us for the next OTel Night Berlin at SAP's event space on Friday, November 28th! This edition focuses on real-world...
community.cncf.io
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Will I see anyone there tonight?
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Last few days left for the eBPF Summit Hackathon. This is your chance to showcase what you have been building with eBPF 🐝
ebpf-summit-2025.devpost.com
ebpf-summit-2025.devpost.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Last few days left for the eBPF Summit Hackathon. This is your chance to showcase what you have been building with eBPF 🐝
ebpf-summit-2025.devpost.com
ebpf-summit-2025.devpost.com
An eBPF-based DDoS mitigator specifically designed for IoT devices
GitHub - SaturneV/eBPF-IoTShield: An eBPF-based DDoS mitigator specifically designed for IoT devices, developed as part of the EPFL CS477 course project.
An eBPF-based DDoS mitigator specifically designed for IoT devices, developed as part of the EPFL CS477 course project. - SaturneV/eBPF-IoTShield
github.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
An eBPF-based DDoS mitigator specifically designed for IoT devices
Using eBPF for security, Datadog was dealing with 10 billion file-related events per minute, but they were able to reduce that by 94% by implementing in-kernel filtering based on rules pushed from user space into eBPF maps. This is scalable eBPF architecture
Scaling real-time file monitoring with eBPF: How we filtered billions of kernel events per minute | Datadog
Learn how Datadog scaled eBPF-powered file monitoring to handle more than 10 billion kernel events per minute while preserving full detection coverage.
www.datadoghq.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Using eBPF for security, Datadog was dealing with 10 billion file-related events per minute, but they were able to reduce that by 94% by implementing in-kernel filtering based on rules pushed from user space into eBPF maps. This is scalable eBPF architecture
Customer kernel to use in Apple Container with eBPF support
GitHub - mavimo/apple-container-kernel: Customer kernel to use in Apple Container to include eBPF support
Customer kernel to use in Apple Container to include eBPF support - mavimo/apple-container-kernel
github.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Customer kernel to use in Apple Container with eBPF support
ingress-nginx is going to the datacenter in the sky ☠️ Luckily, Dean has a migration guide to Cilium's Ingress or Gateway API implementation using ingress2gateway
Navigating the Ingress-nginx Archival: Why Now Is the Time to Move to Cilium
isovalent.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:00 AM
ingress-nginx is going to the datacenter in the sky ☠️ Luckily, Dean has a migration guide to Cilium's Ingress or Gateway API implementation using ingress2gateway
18 KubeCons since Copenhagen 2018 🇩🇰 A lifetime in tech, but looking at these shirts, it almost feels like nothing has changed.
November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
18 KubeCons since Copenhagen 2018 🇩🇰 A lifetime in tech, but looking at these shirts, it almost feels like nothing has changed.
One week left for the eBPF Dev Room CfP at FOSDEM 🐝
FOSDEM'26 eBPF Devroom CfP
Call for Participation for the eBPF Devroom at FOSDEM'26, on 31 January - 1 February 2026 in Brussels, Belgium.
ebpf.io
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
One week left for the eBPF Dev Room CfP at FOSDEM 🐝
"Networking is the elephant in the server room. It’s clear that Kubernetes networking is having a moment"
Kate Holterhoff nails my impression from KubeCon exactly
Kate Holterhoff nails my impression from KubeCon exactly
Networking Is the Hydra of Kubernetes
At the end of KubeCon 2025, I was struck by what a huge concern networking remains within the Kubernetes ecosystem. It’s the elephant in the server room. It’s the thing vendors and the Cloud Native…
redmonk.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"Networking is the elephant in the server room. It’s clear that Kubernetes networking is having a moment"
Kate Holterhoff nails my impression from KubeCon exactly
Kate Holterhoff nails my impression from KubeCon exactly
A Kubernetes operator that logs and forwards all HTTP requests over TCP/IPv4 using an eBPF program to intercept traffic
GitHub - dynatrace-oss/ebpf-dump: A Kubernetes operator that logs and forwards all HTTP requests over TCP/IPv4 using an eBPF program to intercept traffic.
A Kubernetes operator that logs and forwards all HTTP requests over TCP/IPv4 using an eBPF program to intercept traffic. - dynatrace-oss/ebpf-dump
github.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A Kubernetes operator that logs and forwards all HTTP requests over TCP/IPv4 using an eBPF program to intercept traffic
eBPF hosting routing is not GA in Azure CNI powered by Cilium getting users throughput jumps of ~30% for same-node traffic, up to 3x for tiny messages across nodes, and reduces latency by 27%.
Introducing eBPF Host Routing: High performance AI networking with Azure CNI powered by Cilium | Microsoft Community Hub
AI-driven applications demand low-latency workloads for optimal user experience. To meet this need, services are moving to containerized environments, with...
techcommunity.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
eBPF hosting routing is not GA in Azure CNI powered by Cilium getting users throughput jumps of ~30% for same-node traffic, up to 3x for tiny messages across nodes, and reduces latency by 27%.
eBPF-based project that allows collecting MongoDB queries without the need to apply any changes to your application
GitHub - Flgado/mongo-pulse
Contribute to Flgado/mongo-pulse development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
eBPF-based project that allows collecting MongoDB queries without the need to apply any changes to your application
The new State of Kubernetes Networking report is basically a condensed version of every hallway track conversation I had at KubeCon Atlanta. Here are my takeaways of what everyone is quietly wrestling with:
State of Kubernetes Networking Report 2025
The State of Kubernetes Networking Report 2025 is now available. Based on hundreds of real-world responses, the report reveals how organizations are building and securing their Kubernetes networks tod...
isovalent.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The new State of Kubernetes Networking report is basically a condensed version of every hallway track conversation I had at KubeCon Atlanta. Here are my takeaways of what everyone is quietly wrestling with:
EBPFCat is a controller for the industrial field bus EtherCAT, written entirely in Python, that uses ePBF and XDP to achieve real-time responses. The eBPF code is generated on-the-fly using a built-in code generator, which can also be used for other purposes
GitHub - tecki/ebpfcat: A Python-base EBPF code generator
A Python-base EBPF code generator. Contribute to tecki/ebpfcat development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
EBPFCat is a controller for the industrial field bus EtherCAT, written entirely in Python, that uses ePBF and XDP to achieve real-time responses. The eBPF code is generated on-the-fly using a built-in code generator, which can also be used for other purposes
eCHO News 95
eBPF on GPUs
Ingress NGINX to Cilium
eBPF on GPUs
Ingress NGINX to Cilium
eCHO News 95 | Bill Mulligan
What a week at KubeCon! Networking suddenly feels cool again in distributed systems, and a few themes really stood out to me. The big headline because of how widely it is deployed was the retirement retirement...
www.linkedin.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
eCHO News 95
eBPF on GPUs
Ingress NGINX to Cilium
eBPF on GPUs
Ingress NGINX to Cilium
Pretty cool when @Cilium.io shows up on the KubeCon keynote stage without me even knowing about it beforehand. Powering Airbnb's dataplane
November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Pretty cool when @Cilium.io shows up on the KubeCon keynote stage without me even knowing about it beforehand. Powering Airbnb's dataplane
Closing remarks for my third and final CiliumCon as co-chair. A little bittersweet, but one of the things I love about open source is giving other people the opportunity to grow. I'll be in Amsterdam but not as co-chair 🥲
www.linkedin.com/posts/bamull...
www.linkedin.com/posts/bamull...
November 10, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Closing remarks for my third and final CiliumCon as co-chair. A little bittersweet, but one of the things I love about open source is giving other people the opportunity to grow. I'll be in Amsterdam but not as co-chair 🥲
www.linkedin.com/posts/bamull...
www.linkedin.com/posts/bamull...
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What to do when #kubecon travel issues lead to a talk cancellation? At #CiliumCon we’re lucky that 🐝 @tgraf.bsky.social was available to step in and do an AMA hosted by @breakawaybilly.bsky.social 👏
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What to do when #kubecon travel issues lead to a talk cancellation? At #CiliumCon we’re lucky that 🐝 @tgraf.bsky.social was available to step in and do an AMA hosted by @breakawaybilly.bsky.social 👏
Second KubeCon talk ✅
Pretty easy this time just doing the opening of CiliumCon with Hemanth Malla. Updates from the latest release, what's happening at KubeCon, and a sneak peak of what is coming next. Find all the details inside
www.linkedin.com/posts/bamull...
Pretty easy this time just doing the opening of CiliumCon with Hemanth Malla. Updates from the latest release, what's happening at KubeCon, and a sneak peak of what is coming next. Find all the details inside
www.linkedin.com/posts/bamull...
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Second KubeCon talk ✅
Pretty easy this time just doing the opening of CiliumCon with Hemanth Malla. Updates from the latest release, what's happening at KubeCon, and a sneak peak of what is coming next. Find all the details inside
www.linkedin.com/posts/bamull...
Pretty easy this time just doing the opening of CiliumCon with Hemanth Malla. Updates from the latest release, what's happening at KubeCon, and a sneak peak of what is coming next. Find all the details inside
www.linkedin.com/posts/bamull...
First talk of KubeCon ✅
Liz Rice, Joe Stringer, and I lead a discussion on what projects should think about when trying to write an effective AI policy. Slides are lights on details, but be sure to catch the full recording with all the conversations when it comes out
Liz Rice, Joe Stringer, and I lead a discussion on what projects should think about when trying to write an effective AI policy. Slides are lights on details, but be sure to catch the full recording with all the conversations when it comes out
November 9, 2025 at 8:20 PM
First talk of KubeCon ✅
Liz Rice, Joe Stringer, and I lead a discussion on what projects should think about when trying to write an effective AI policy. Slides are lights on details, but be sure to catch the full recording with all the conversations when it comes out
Liz Rice, Joe Stringer, and I lead a discussion on what projects should think about when trying to write an effective AI policy. Slides are lights on details, but be sure to catch the full recording with all the conversations when it comes out