n to present a rough idea of how the two systems may come together. The key is that AppSwitch would act as a cushion between Istio and a real proxy. It would serve as the &ldquo;fast-path&rdquo; for cases that can be performed more efficiently without invoking the sidecar proxy. And for the cases where the proxy is used, it would shorten the datapath by cutting through unnecessary layers. Look at this <a href=http://appswitch.io/blog/kubernetes_istio_and_network_function_devirtualization_with_appswitch/>blo