Explore the intricacies of Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) and its integration with Cilium in this informative conference talk. Delve into the importance of BGP, its adoption in Kubernetes, and how it facilitates communication between diverse workloads. Learn about Cilium's BGP Control Plane and discover methods for enabling VM-to-pod communication using BGP. Witness a live demonstration of BGP running in Cilium, including neighbor relationships with upstream routers and network sharing. Gain insights into BGP internals and history while understanding its practical applications in modern cloud-native environments.