Eric Anderson (@ericmander) speaks with Thomas Graf (@tgraf__) about Cilium, the open-source networking, observability, and security software for cloud-native applications based on eBPF. Thomas is the co-founder and CTO of Isovalent, which maintains both eBPF and Cilium. Listen to today’s episode for a discussion of how Thomas’ work has leveled up the Linux kernel and the possibilities of network infrastructure in a cloud-native world.

In this episode we discuss:

• The impact of simultaneous development on Cilium and eBPF
• Google’s incorporation of Cilium
• Shortening the gap between writing kernel code and its deployment
• What JavaScript and eBPF have in common
• Cilium’s sister project, Hubble

Links:

• Cilium
• eBPF
• Isovalent
• Red Hat
• OpenShift
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• New GKE Dataplane V2 increases security and visibility for containers
• SPIFFE
• Istio

People mentioned:

• Brendan Gregg (@brendangregg)

Other episodes:

• Istio on Contributor