Kubernetes Network Isolation (with a Dozen-Plus Use Cases)
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1. Network Isolation in Kubernetes Kubernetes introduced Network Policy in 1.3. It defines entities through ipBlock, podSelector, and namespaceSelector, and controls their From (Ingress) and To (Egress) traffic behavior.
But Kubernetes only defines the network policy; the actual implementation depends on the network plugin. Today, network plugins such as Calico, Cilium, and Weave Net all support network isolation.