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The October 2023 Issue
This October 2023 issue contains three editorial notes.
The observing reader of CCR will have noticed that there is no July 2023 issue. There are three main factors at play here. Given the timing of our SIGCOMM conferences, summer is a low period for ...
On Integrating eBPF into Pluginized Protocols
eBPF is a popular technology originating from the Linux kernel that enables safely running user-provided programs in a kernel-context. This technology opened the door for efficient programming in the operating system, especially in its network stack. ...
The I/O Driven Server: From SmartNICs to Data Movement Controllers
Many researchers are turning to SmartNIC offloads to improve the performance of high-performance networked systems. In this editorial, I discuss why SmartNICs are an especially powerful form factor for improving I/O intensive applications, and how their ...
Can We Save the Public Internet?
- Marjory Blumenthal,
- Ramesh Govindan,
- Ethan Katz-Bassett,
- Arvind Krishnamurthy,
- James McCauley,
- Nick Merrill,
- Tejas Narechania,
- Aurojit Panda,
- Scott Shenker
The goal of this short document is to explain why recent developments in the Internet's infrastructure are problematic. As context, we note that the Internet was originally designed to provide a simple universal service - global end-to-end packet ...
