event the attacks.</p><h2 id=secure-control-of-egress-traffic-in-istio>Secure control of egress traffic in Istio</h2><p>To implement secure control of egress traffic in Istio, you must
<a href=/v1.8/docs/tasks/traffic-management/egress/egress-gateway/#egress-gateway-for-https-traffic>direct TLS traffic to external services through an egress gateway</a>.
Alternatively, you
can <a href=/v1.8/docs/tasks/traffic-management/egress/egress-gateway/#egress-gateway-for-http-traffic>direct HTTP traffic through an egr