--- title: [2411.13668] Hermes: A General-Purpose Proxy-Enabled... description: Hermes is a general-purpose networking architecture that uses an overlay of reconfigurable proxies to handle networking tasks. It employs various proxying and... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/2411-13668-hermes-a-general-purpose-proxy-enabled-networking-architecture-74aojscqo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: [2411.13668] Hermes: A General-Purpose Proxy-Enabled Networking Architecture | daily.dev og:description: Hermes is a general-purpose networking architecture that uses an overlay of reconfigurable proxies to handle networking tasks. 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