Networking is where eBPF delivers its most dramatic performance wins. By running packet-processing logic in the kernel — at the earliest possible moment a packet arrives, before the kernel even builds its usual data structures — eBPF can filter, route, and load-balance at speeds user-space networking can't touch. It's why the networking layer of modern cloud-native infrastructure is increasingly eBPF underneath.
Networking is where eBPF delivers its most dramatic performance wins. By running packet-processing logic in the kernel — at the earliest moment a packet arrives, before the kernel builds its usual data structures — eBPF can filter, route, and load-balance at speeds user-space networking can't touch. It's why modern cloud-native networking is increasingly eBPF underneath.
TLS is the protocol securing nearly every connection you make, and it's not a single cryptographic trick — it's the whole toolkit orchestrated into one handshake. Key exchange, certificates, signatures, and authenticated encryption each solve one sub-problem, and TLS composes them so that two parties who've never met can establish a private, tamper-proof, authenticated channel over a hostile network. Understanding the handshake is understanding how every earlier piece fits.
TLS secures nearly every connection you make, and it's not a single trick — it's the whole toolkit orchestrated into one handshake. Key exchange, certificates, signatures, and AEAD each solve one sub-problem, and TLS composes them into a private, authenticated channel over a hostile network.
Cross-cloud data movement is billed by the GB. The bill is invisible until it isn't. A multi-region or multi-cloud architecture that doesn't model egress costs in design will discover them in production.