On Sat, 13 Jan 2018 22:10:55 +0200 Adrian Duralia <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > > I'm curious if it would be possible to implement a middlebox device using > dpdk, that can filter & sign all traffic. > My goal is to be able to filter some packets and also to secure the > communication between a few computers (that cannot be updated/modified) on > the same LAN and I'm thinking to place such device in front on each > computer, leaving current network topology untouched. > I had a look at the existing samples in dpdk and l2fwd-crypto seems to be a > good place to start. > > Thank you, > Adrian DPDK is about sending and receiving packets. It has pieces that could be used to handle IP etc, but really 95% of the work would have to be in the application. So yes, you could build a middlebox; but lots left to do.
