One of the great features of service meshes in Kubernetes is mTLS

One of the great features of service meshes in Kubernetes is the ability to have an out-of-the-box zero-application-changes solution that delivers a powerful security feature: mTLS (mutual Transport Layer Security). But… why do we need mTLS? It’s because a service mesh adds an extra layer of security (encrypted network traffic) at the point closest to the smallest unit of compute: Pods.