ice the <code>route:</code> section for the <code>mesh</code> gateway, the gateway that represents the applications inside
the mesh. The <code>route:</code> for the <code>mesh</code> gateway shows how the traffic is directed to the <code>localhost.local</code> service,
effectively blocking the traffic.</p><pre><code class=language-bash data-expandlinks=true data-repo=istio>$ kubectl apply -f - &lt;&lt;EOF
apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1alpha3
kind: VirtualService
metadata:
  name: httpbin
spec:
  hosts:
