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+.. _network-stack:
+
+======================
+Network Stack Features
+======================
+
+This section describes a little about the FD.io network stack and describes some benefits:
+
+* Layer 2 - 4 Network Stack
+
+ * Fast lookup tables for routes, bridge entries
+ * Arbitrary n-tuple classifiers
+ * Control Plane, Traffic Management and Overlays
+
+
+* `Linux <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux>`_ and `FreeBSD <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD>`_ support
+
+ * Support for standard Operating System Interfaces such as AF_Packet, Tun/Tap & Netmap.
+
+* Network and cryptographic hardware support with `DPDK <https://www.dpdk.org/>`_.
+* Container and Virtualization support
+
+ * Para-virtualized interfaces; Vhost and Virtio
+ * Network Adapters over PCI passthrough
+ * Native container interfaces; MemIF
+
+* Host Stack
+* Universal Data Plane: one code base, for many use cases
+
+ * Discrete appliances; such as `Routers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Router_(computing)>`_ and `Switches <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_switch>`_.
+ * `Cloud Infrastructure and Virtual Network Functions <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_function_virtualization>`_
+ * `Cloud Native Infrastructure <https://www.cncf.io/>`_
+ * The same binary package for all use cases.
+
+* Out of the box production quality, with thanks to `CSIT <https://wiki.fd.io/view/CSIT#Start_Here>`_.
+
+For more on the TCP Host Stack press next.