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		Operyl on Dec 5, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing Conduit – open-source service mesh for... Why? Conduit seems as good a name as any for a project like this, if you ask me. Am I missing something here?

pqb on Dec 5, 2017 [–]

"Conduit" is often refered to "Conduit toolbar" [1], which was known as a malware.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conduit_toolbar

Operyl on Dec 5, 2017 | [–]

It’s been a long,’long time since I’ve seen it that I completely forgot, hah! Guess it’s not as bad as a name still then.

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