Thank you for the response! While I'm not scared to add a lot of code in the app side, I wouldn't like to reinvent the wheel. So, is there any framework or library that you think it would be more appropiate to create a middlebox?
Thank you, Adrian On Sunday, January 14, 2018, Stephen Hemminger <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- Adrian Duralia Tel. +40723698531 Email: [email protected]
