// Always skip verifying, because without it we always get "certificate signed by unknown authority".
				// We don't set the XDSSAN for the same reason.
				InsecureSkipVerify: true,
			})),
		grpc.WithPerRPCCredentials(k8sCreds),
	}, nil

	}

	return []grpc.DialOption{
		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(credentials.NewTLS(&tls.Config{
			RootCAs:    systemRoots,
			MinVersion: tls.VersionTLS12,
		})),
		grpc.WithPerRPCCredentials(&meshAuthCredentials{
			k8sCreds: k8sCreds,
			gcpCreds: gcpCreds,
			project:  gcpProject,
		}),
	}, nil

	tlsOpts := c.getTLSOptions()
	opts, err := istiogrpc.ClientOptions(nil, tlsOpts)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	opts = append(opts,
		grpc.WithPerRPCCredentials(c.provider),
		security.CARetryInterceptor(),
	)
	conn, err := grpc.Dial(c.opts.CAEndpoint, opts...)
	if err != nil {
		citadelClientLog.Errorf("Failed to connect to endpoint %s: %v", c.opts.CAEndpoint, err)

	}
	options, err := istiogrpc.ClientOptions(nil, tlsOpts)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	if sa.secOpts.CredFetcher != nil {
		options = append(options, grpc.WithPerRPCCredentials(caclient.NewDefaultTokenProvider(sa.secOpts)))
	}
	return options, nil
}

// Returns the TLS option to use when talking to Istiod