Just to make sure forwarding my response

Thanks,

Vedang.

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From: vedang parasnis <vedang.parasnis921@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Netdev 0x19] Accepted submission #9 "Real-Time Prevention of DNS-Based Data..." with conditions
To: <submissions-0x19@netdevconf.info>

Thank you for accepting my submission for inclusion in the conference.

However, for talk in the nuts and bolts category, it won't be possible for me to attend physically at the conference venue due to visa restrictions, and my final graduate research defence.

I am perfectly fine for the 45 minutes time limit though including QA. It would be really helpful if virtual talk is allowed for this submission.

Alternatively, it is also fine for me to host a workshop virtually, but since my work is more tailoring towards security, I would prefer it to be put into the security category (internally using eBPF, kernel network stack, deep learning, distributed event streaming). My focus for the workshop would be more towards presenting advancement in building data loss prevention solutions for DNS to prevent all the emerging threats

I have attached the modified proposal with changed title and abstract for workshop and source code repository.

I would say my talk does not focus on discussing features lacking in eBPF in the kernel, rather only focuses on utilizing eBPF modern features added in latest kernel versions for building modern security solutions. However, I will still talk about eBPF kernel verifier instruction limitation causing some difficulty for me to fully parse DNS protocol questions inside the kernel.

This is an open source framework built by me for my graduate research, and I would like to share my learnings with the kernel community.

Also attaching the proposal for talk, if allowed to be held virtually, with source code repository.

I look forward to hearing from you soon, about the next steps and format. I could present my research at netdev 0x19.

Thanks,

Vedang.

On Tue, Feb 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM <submissions-0x19@netdevconf.info> wrote:

Dear Vedang,

The Netdev 0x19 program committee is informing you that your submission #9
has been accepted to appear in the conference with conditions.

Title: Real-Time Prevention of DNS-Based Data Exfiltration Using
eBPF, Deep Learning, and Event-Driven Analytics: A Security
Framework for Distributed Environments
Authors: Vedang Parasnis
Site: https://0x19.netdevconf.info/paper/9?cap=09afJ7fIp8guM8

We think your session is interesting, however because we received a large
volume of submissions we prioritized to allowing talks where the speakers
would actually show up. Are you able to show up? If yes, that will
automatically grant you a slot for a talk. But we can only give you upto 45
minutes including QA.
Alternatively, we could put you in a workshop for machine learning which
will give you the opportunity to present virtually.

In addition, here are some reviewer comments
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It would be interesting to hear about which limitations of BPF the authors
ran into while implementing this, and whether there are any features they
were missing from the kernel/BPF side that would make their implementation
easier. It is not clear from the proposal whether this is part of the talk.
Also, the proposal doesn't state whether this is an open source framework
with code available. Is it?
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Contact Netdev Society <submissions-0x19@netdevconf.info> with any
questions or concerns.

- Netdev 0x19 Submissions