ectl edit cm istio -n istio-system
</code></pre><p>And uncomment the line:</p><pre><code class=language-yaml data-expandlinks=true>authPolicy: MUTUAL_TLS
</code></pre></li><li><p>After this, you will find access to <code>EXTERNAL_IP</code> no longer works because the Istio proxy only accept secure mesh connections.
Accessing through Ingress works because Ingress does HTTP terminations.</p></li><li><p>To secure the access at Ingress, follow the <a href=/v1.1/docs/tasks/traffic-management/secure-ingress/>inst