an invention by nguyens
Deep Packet Inspection: compare the performance between libnetfilterqueue, NFHOOK and eBPF XDP
Project Description
The objective is to benchmark 3 different methods to perform deep packet inspection (layer 4 payload string search):
- Use the userland libnetfilter_queue facility (along with the netfilter NFQUEUE target)
- Use an in-kernel custom hook (via NF_HOOK)
- Use an eBPF XDP filter
Performance will be measured with two metrics: - response time - throughput
Goal for this Hackweek
- Develop the 3 use cases (simple programs)
- Create a simple benchmark to compare the 3 use cases
- Obtain metrics for response times and throughput for the 3 use cases.
Resources
- https://netfilter.org/projects/libnetfilter_queue/index.html
- https://linux-kernel-labs.github.io/refs/heads/master/labs/networking.html#netfilter-1
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpressDataPath
Code Repository
- https://github.com/susenguyen/Hackweek_23
This project is part of:
Hack Week 23
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