idecar. This traffic will always be forwarded as-is.
Note that this does not mean it&rsquo;s always plaintext; the sidecar may pass a TLS connection through.
It just means that a new TLS connection will never be originated from the sidecar.</p></li><li><p><strong>Local outbound traffic</strong>
This is outgoing traffic from your application service that is intercepted by the sidecar.
Your application may be sending plaintext or TLS traffic.
If <a href=/v1.21/docs/ops/configuration/traffic-management/protoco