/schema.org/BlogPosting><div class=header-content><h1>Merbridge - Accelerate your mesh with eBPF</h1><p>Replacing iptables rules with eBPF allows transporting data directly from inbound sockets to outbound sockets, shortening the datapath between sidecars and services.</p></div><p class=post-author>Mar 7, 2022 <span>|</span> By Kebe Liu - DaoCloud, Xiaopeng Han - DaoCloud, Hui Li - DaoCloud</p><div><p>The secret of Istio’s abilities in traffic management, security, observability and policy is all in the E