Re: Snort-users Digest, Vol 75, Issue 79

[Stefano Debenedetti <ste () demaledetti net>]

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Il 30/08/2012 18:02, snort-users-request () lists sourceforge net ha >
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> Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 16:43:52 +0100 From: Peter Bates
> <peter.bates () ucl ac uk> Subject: Re: [Snort-users] Large receive
> offload, good or bad? To: <snort-users () lists sourceforge net> 
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> Hello all
>
> Interesting topic, as I've been pondering the same thing this
> week.
>
> On 30/08/2012 15:59, Joel Esler wrote:
> > If I was deploying an I[DP]S I would investigate using a
> > operating system and network card that supports zero copy bpf
> > sockets. This will save you much more CPU time than using LRO and
> > have much more predictable results.
>
> Can the VRT member who is not on the list expand a bit more on
> this?
>
> Are we talking *BSD, Linux AF_PACKET with fanout, PF_RING, ?

interesting topic indeed, netmap [1], PFQ [2], anyone?

ciao
ste

[1] http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/netmap/
[2] http://netserv.iet.unipi.it/software/pfq/
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