We Put an L7 Firewall in the Kernel

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eBPFkernelfirewallJavaScriptL7HTTPTCP

Author: ok_major_9889

Date: 7/10/2026

Article Summary:
The article discusses the development of a kernel-based L7 firewall that makes decisions in the kernel using eBPF and allows users to write policies as JavaScript apps.