2018 Networking @Scale recap

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This post recaps the 2018 Networking @Scale conference, highlighting technical discussions and open-source contributions. Key technical contributions include the open-sourcing of Katran, a scalable L4 load balancer leveraging XDP and eBPF for improved performance and CPU efficiency, and the sharing of IPv6 adoption data. Technical discussions covered zero-touch provisioning with Vending Machine, network resilience modeling using ML at Microsoft, challenges in at-scale optical networks, HyperPlane as a foundational system for AWS networking services, and Edge Fabric for managing egress load. Blizzard shared application perspectives on network realities for online gaming.