roblematic for some organizations&rsquo; security compliance. The Istio CNI plugin
is a replacement for the <code>istio-init</code> container that performs the same
networking functionality but without requiring Istio users to enable elevated
Kubernetes RBAC permissions.</p><p>The Istio CNI plugin performs the Istio mesh pod traffic redirection in the Kubernetes pod lifecycle&rsquo;s network
setup phase, thereby removing the <a href=/v1.5/docs/ops/deployment/requirements/>requirement for the <code>NET_ADMIN