BSD

Emmanuel Nyarko

High Performance Packet filtering in BSD. A holistic review

Saturday 15:25-15:50 | AW1.120

Packet Filtering in BSD could be seen from several angles. There are quite a number of packet filters in the BSDs. some Implemented in the kernel, some in the user space. In this talk, we will go through a particular NetBSD packet filter, NPF, evaluate its numerous advantages and assess critical performances and share its directions going forward.