Glossary

Service Mesh

A service mesh is like a postal system for microservices - it handles secure delivery, tracks packages, and makes sure messages get to the right place.

What is Service Mesh?

Infrastructure layer handling service-to-service communication including encryption, authentication, and observability.

Why Should You Care?

Service meshes enable zero-trust networking with mTLS encryption and fine-grained access control between services.

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Real-World Example

Istio service mesh automatically encrypts all traffic between microservices and provides detailed observability.

How to Protect Against Service Mesh

  1. 1.

    Evaluate service mesh for microservices security

  2. 2.

    Enable mTLS between services

Related Terms

Istio, Envoy, Mtls

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