EtherTAP - Collecting Packets
May 5, 2025
This post explains how to collect packets with EtherTAP and collect.
EtherTAP
EtherTAP - Basic Usage
April 28, 2025
This post explains the basic usage of EtherTAP: How to start, stop and control it when running in background.
IXDP Packet Flow explained
April 19, 2025
IXDP is a layer above libxdp/AF_XDP which is responsible for XDP ring management operating with a set of interfaces in promiscuous mode. IXDP registers its specific set of RPCL functions (words) which allow to control and configure the IXDP packet processing layer. This posts explains the IXDP packet processing flow in general and outlines the related RPCL functions (words) for the different stages.
EtherTAP - First Announcement
March 20, 2025
EtherTAP is a software based Ethernet analysis and monitoring security tool which allows to obtain insight and to record selected (or all) traffic for further analysis and evaluation. EtherTAP is based on IXDP, which is an internal API at Inlab Networks on top of libxdp/AF_XDP. XDP/AF_XDP in zero-copy mode allows packet processing at wire-speed up to 100GbE full duplex.