ways use mTLS
wherever possible, and only send plaintext to workloads that are not part of the mesh (i.e., ones without sidecars).</p><p>Istio makes this easy with a feature called &ldquo;Auto mTLS&rdquo;. Auto mTLS works by doing exactly that. If TLS settings are
not explicitly configured in a <code>DestinationRule</code>, the sidecar will automatically determine if
<a href=/v1.21/about/faq/#difference-between-mutual-and-istio-mutual>Istio mutual TLS</a> should be sent.
This means that without any configur