, it is possible to use eBPF to replace iptables rules, and accelerate the data plane by shortening the data path.</p><p>We have created an open source project called Merbridge, and by applying the following command to your Istio-managed cluster, you can use eBPF to achieve such network acceleration.</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>$ kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/merbridge/merbridge/main/deploy/all-in-one.yaml
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