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What do you like best about Cilium?

It is open source. It is application which can be useful for securing network between other applications deployed on docker like platform. It is very reliable and best application. It really secures the network connectivity. I have been using this for my application deployed on docker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cilium?

Some time network connectivity crashes so application stops working. It is not platform independent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Cilium is best network securing tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cilium solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use cilium for securing my network. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Cilium is solving HTTP Aware Network Security and Networking for Containers with BPF and XDP .

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Cilium is solving HTTP Aware Network Security and Networking for Containers with BPF and XDP .

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ANKIT A.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"Cilium In action"
security visibility and control logic with linux and power to configure container without any change in application code.
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Malhar P.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
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"Best Open Source Security For containers"
First of all it is open source and is available on GitHub.Provides best security between network services deployed using docker..And it is very muc...
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Shubham S.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"Best network security tool"
This is one best network security tool and the best part is it is open source. It provides security to applications deployed on Docker and Kubernet...
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What do you like best about Cilium?

This is one best network security tool and the best part is it is open source. It provides security to applications deployed on Docker and Kubernetes and these tools are used more now a days. It is very reliable software for big networks and pay nothing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cilium?

Not much a dislike but cilium some times crashes when load increases. They need to improve on gui more to make it easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I would recommend cilium specially for those who uses docker as it is best for securing network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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I am using cilium for securing my network. It is trustworthy tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cilium?

First of all it is open source and is available on GitHub.Provides best security between network services deployed using docker..And it is very much easy to implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cilium?

Nothing much to dislike about this free open source network security library. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Highly recommended for providing network security if you are deploying it using any linux based coantiner like docker. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cilium solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use this to secure the webservices on network which are deployed through docker.Provides great satisfaction and is easy to implement. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Cilium?

security visibility and control logic with linux and power to configure container without any change in application code. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cilium?

it is not that easy to use and if any issue occurs it is hard to debug the issue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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secured connectivity between micro services Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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