Go is now a popular choice for network and protocol handling code. Taking Weaveworks' Network Policy Controller as an example, Bryan Boreham will show how you can program Linux network facilities including netlink and iptables in Go.
Weave Network Policy Controller (weave-npc) is an implementation of the Kubernetes Network Policy, which specifies allowed connections within a Kubernetes cluster. The code is all written in Go, and available on GitHub under Apache Licence.
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Weave-npc: Container firewalls in Go
Bryan Boreham
After first getting into programming as a kid, creating a video game called "Splat", Bryan's career has ranged from charting pie sales at a bakery to real-time pricing of billion-dollar bond trades. At Weaveworks, Bryan works on deployment and observability for containers and microservices, and is a contributor to many Cloud Native Open Source projects including Kubernetes, Weave Net and Cortex. Outside of work he is a father, a helicopter pilot, and can cook a mean risotto primavera.