defer cancel()

	l, err := lc.Listen(ctx, "tcp", net.JoinHostPort(host, port))
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	// As we are able to listen on this network, the port is not in use.
	// Close the listener and continue check other networks.
	return l.Close()

// * use crictl to inspect the pod; this returns the bind-mounted network namespace file.
// * /var/lib/cni/results shows the outputs of CNI plugins; this containers the bind-mounted network namespace file.
//
// Instead, we traverse the procfs. Comments on this method are inline.
func getPodNetNs(pod *corev1.Pod) (string, error) {
	// First, find the network namespace id by looking the interface with the given Pod IP.

		return cniConfig, nil
	}

	if len(template.cniNetworkConfig) > 0 {
		installLog.Infof("Using CNI config template from CNI_NETWORK_CONFIG environment variable.")
		return []byte(template.cniNetworkConfig), nil
	}

	return nil, fmt.Errorf("need CNI_NETWORK_CONFIG or CNI_NETWORK_CONFIG_FILE to be set")
}

func replaceCNIConfigVars(cniConfig []byte, vars cniConfigVars) []byte {
	cniConfigStr := string(cniConfig)

				return nil
			}
			gridConn.Store(gc)
			return gc
		},
	}
}

// Wrapper to restClient.Call to handle network errors, in case of network error the connection is marked disconnected
// permanently. The only way to restore the connection is at the xl-sets layer by xlsets.monitorAndConnectEndpoints()
// after verifying format.json

	route "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/config/route/v3"
	hcm "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/extensions/filters/network/http_connection_manager/v3"
	tcp "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/extensions/filters/network/tcp_proxy/v3"
	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"

	"istio.io/istio/istioctl/pkg/util/proto"
	"istio.io/istio/pilot/pkg/networking/util"
	"istio.io/istio/pilot/pkg/util/protoconv"

// Package deadlineconn implements net.Conn wrapper with configured deadlines.
package deadlineconn

import (
	"net"
	"time"
)

// DeadlineConn - is a generic stream-oriented network connection supporting buffered reader and read/write timeout.
type DeadlineConn struct {
	net.Conn
	readDeadline  time.Duration // sets the read deadline on a connection.

		// This is same as which `http.DefaultTransport` uses.
		baseDialCtx = (&net.Dialer{
			Timeout:   30 * time.Second,
			KeepAlive: 30 * time.Second,
		}).DialContext
	}

	return func(ctx context.Context, network, addr string) (conn net.Conn, err error) {
		host, port, err := net.SplitHostPort(addr)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, err
		}

		if net.ParseIP(host) != nil {

	cfg.Proxy = proxy

	if transport == nil {
		// when transport is nil, it means we are just validating the
		// inputs not performing any network calls.
		return cfg, nil
	}

	// Make sure to clone the transport before editing the ProxyURL
	if proxyURL != nil {
		ctransport := transport.(*http.Transport).Clone()

			// would mean the network is not stable. Logging here will help in debugging network issues.
			if time.Since(connectTime) < (globalNetPerfMinDuration - time.Second) {
				peersLogIf(ctx, err)
			}
		}
		if err != nil {
			break
		}
	}
}

// NetSpeedTestHandlers - perform network speedtest

func CheckLocalServerAddr(serverAddr string) error {
	host, err := xnet.ParseHost(serverAddr)
	if err != nil {
		return config.ErrInvalidAddressFlag(err)
	}

	// 0.0.0.0 is a wildcard address and refers to local network
	// addresses. I.e, 0.0.0.0:9000 like ":9000" refers to port
	// 9000 on localhost.
	if host.Name != "" && host.Name != net.IPv4zero.String() && host.Name != net.IPv6zero.String() {