A chat about forwarding

Techniques and algorithms to forward packets have been a topic of discussion since the eighties. In this podcast, I chat with Sivano Gai about forwarding. Silvano has his own blog at silvanogai.github.io

We informally cover:

• Layer 2 vs. layer 3 forwarding
• ACLs processing
• Binary vs. ternary matches
• Binary hash table forwarding
• Ternary LPM (Longest Prefix Match) forwarding
• Combining forwarding with ACLs
• Flow cache based forwarding
• Forwarding in routers and NICs
• Label-based forwarding
• Segment routing

Silvano’s book has a full Chapter on this topics (Chapter 2).

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You can read an independent review of the book here.

The book was also listed in The Top 10 Best Cloud Storage Books You Need to Read in 2020.