eBPF (7 years old) is a sandbox that can run code inside the linux kernel. It started as a technology to build firewalls, and has evolved over time to include a range of new features.

The panel discuss the origins of eBPF and how it works, as well as dig into some real-world use cases. While eBPF programs themselves aren’t written in Go (more like C), we will hear about how you can communicate with eBPF programs from your Go code.

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Featuring:

Grant Seltzer Richman – Website, GitHub, X
Derek Parker – GitHub, X
Mat Ryer – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, X
Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

Learn more about eBPF on ebpf.io
Email thread on eBPF’s 7th Birthday
Package libbpfgo - libbpfgo is a Go library for Linux’s eBPF project (Apache License 2.0)
Tracee: Runtime Security and Forensics using eBPF - A project discussed in this episode (Apache License 2.0)
Liz Rice’s talks on eBPF

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