Performance
3 articles
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11 min read
HMAC in Istio: Series 2/2 - Advanced Scenarios, Debugging, and Performance
Series 2/2 of our HMAC series: Explore advanced HMAC scenarios in Istio, debugging HMAC failures, performance optimization, and key rotation best practices.
hmac
cryptography
mtls
security
tls
debugging
performance
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25 min read
How IstioD Manages Configuration at Scale: A Deep Dive into XDS
How istiod translates Istio resources into Envoy xDS configuration, why it's fast, what makes it slow, how to scale it, and which metrics matter most.
istio
istiod
xds
envoy
performance
scalability
operations
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13 min read
Native C++ vs WASM Filters in Envoy: A Performance Benchmark
We fork Envoy, build a custom native C++ filter, then build the same filter as a WASM module. Here's exactly how they compare on latency, throughput, memory, and CPU — with the full benchmark methodology.
envoy
wasm
performance
c++
benchmarking