since its first release in Istio 1.4, including
the <a href=/v1.9/docs/tasks/security/authorization/authz-deny/><code>DENY</code> action</a>, <a href=/v1.9/docs/tasks/security/authorization/authz-deny/>exclusion semantics</a>,
<a href=/v1.9/docs/tasks/security/authorization/authz-ingress/><code>X-Forwarded-For</code> header support</a>, <a href=/v1.9/docs/tasks/security/authorization/authz-jwt/>nested JWT claim support</a>
and more. These features improve the flexibility of the authorization policy, but the