e <code>sleep</code> pod. Then, the sidecar handles the request and routes the traffic based on the configuration received from istiod (control plane) forwarding the traffic to an IP address corresponding to the <code>httpbin</code> pod on node B.</p><p><strong>(5) (6)</strong> After the request is sent to the device pair (<code>veth httpbin &lt;-> eth0 inside httpbin pod</code>), the request is intercepted and forwarded using the iptables and route rules to the <code>istioin</code> device on node B where <