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blog: some small fixups
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## Why the name change?

We've been thinking about this for a while. We've been using the name
`bpfd` for a while now, but we were not the first to use it. There are
were projects before us that used the name `bpfd`, but since most were
inactive, we didn't see this as an issue.
We've been using the name `bpfd` for a while now, but we were not the first to
use it. There were projects before us that used the name `bpfd`, but since most
were inactive, originally we didn't see this as an issue.

More recently though the folks at [Meta] have started using the name
`systemd-bpfd` for their proposed addition to [systemd].

In addition, we've been thinking about the future of the project.
We've been thinking particularly about security and whether it's
wise to keep something with `CAP_BPF` capabilities running as a
daemon - even if we've been very careful.
In addition, we've been thinking about the future of the project, and
particularly about security and whether it's wise to keep something with
`CAP_BPF` capabilities running as a daemon - even if we've been very careful.
This is similar to the [issues faced by docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/#docker-daemon-attack-surface) which eventually lead to the creation of podman.

This [issue](https://github.com/bpfman/bpfd/issues/693) led us down
the path of redesigning the project to be daemonless. We'll be
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We've hinted at some of the changes we're planning, and of course, our
roadmap is always available in [Github]. It's worth mentioning that we're
also planning expand our release packages to include RPMs and DEBs to make it
also planning to expand our release packages to include RPMs and DEBs, making it
even easier to install `bpfman` on your favorite Linux distribution.

## Thanks!
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