Leveraging eBPF for programmable network functions with IPv6 segment routing
Mathieu Xhonneux, Fabien Duchêne, Olivier Bonaventure · 2018
With the advent of Software Defined Networks (SDN), Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) or Service Function Chaining (SFC), operators expect networks to support flexible services beyond the mere forwarding of packets. The network programmability framework which is being developed within the IETF by leveraging IPv6 Segment Routing enables the realisation of in-network functions.