# Security Policy

## Supported Versions

Information about supported Istio versions can be found on the
[Support Announcements] page on Istio's website.

## Reporting a Vulnerability

Instructions for reporting a vulnerability can be found on the
[Istio Security Vulnerabilities] page. The Istio Product Security Working Group receives
vulnerability and security issue reports, and the company affiliation of the members of

// An API server instance reports the version it can decode and the version it
// encodes objects to when persisting objects in the backend.
message ServerStorageVersion {
  // The ID of the reporting API server.
  optional string apiServerID = 1;

  // The API server encodes the object to this version when persisting it in
  // the backend (e.g., etcd).
  optional string encodingVersion = 2;

  // This field cannot be empty for new Events and it can have at most 128 characters.
  optional string reason = 7;

  // regarding contains the object this Event is about. In most cases it's an Object reporting controller
  // implements, e.g. ReplicaSetController implements ReplicaSets and this event is emitted because
  // it acts on some changes in a ReplicaSet object.
  // +optional

   services. The proxies form a _secure microservice mesh_ providing a rich
   set of functions like discovery, rich layer-7 routing, circuit breakers,
   policy enforcement and telemetry recording/reporting
   functions.

  > Note: The service mesh is not an overlay network. It
  > simplifies and enhances how microservices in an application talk to each
  > other over the network provided by the underlying platform.

  // This field can have at most 128 characters.
  // +optional
  optional string reason = 7;

  // regarding contains the object this Event is about. In most cases it's an Object reporting controller
  // implements, e.g. ReplicaSetController implements ReplicaSets and this event is emitted because
  // it acts on some changes in a ReplicaSet object.
  // +optional

* Utilizes Gateway injection, simplifying upgrades, allowing gateways to run in any namespace, and avoiding repeating config for sidecars and gateways.
* Published to official Istio Helm repository.
* Single chart for all gateways (Ingress, Egress, East West).

#### General concerns