Securing Outgoing Traffic: Building a Powerful Internet Egress Gateway for Reliable Connectivity

Learn how to secure outgoing traffic and build a robust Internet Egress Gateway in this 38-minute conference talk from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon. Explore essential strategies for preventing data exfiltration and maintaining strong safeguards while managing access to external vendor APIs and addressing vulnerabilities like Log4j. Gain practical insights into implementing fine-grained access policies using Istio and Envoy to monitor and audit outgoing traffic from mesh networks. Master the implementation of a generic multi-tenant gateway suitable for diverse services, eliminating years of redundant engineering work. Understand the fundamentals of Internet Egress Gateway, its significance in modern cloud infrastructure, and step-by-step configuration methods using open-source Istio/Envoy based solutions. Presented by Airbnb engineers Edie Yang and Akshita Agarwal, discover proven approaches to enhance network security and maintain reliable connectivity in cloud-native environments.