Overview and State of Linkerd

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Linkerd presents a lightweight, Kubernetes-first service mesh claiming zero‑config install, low latency overhead, and over 200 contributors; current release modularizes the control plane as Linkerd 2.10 extensions (prometheus/grafana, jaeger, multi‑cluster) and extends multi‑cluster and TCP support. Roadmap item for 2.11 is configurable authorization policies enabling per‑service mTLS for TCP and client allowlists. Data plane uses Linkerd2-proxy in Rust for native speed and memory safety.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:22What is Linkerd
3. 1:25What does Linkerd do
4. 2:48How is Linkerd designed
5. 4:30What does it look like when deployed
6. 5:56The proxy
7. 7:16Security
8. 8:06Linkerd vs IoT
9. 8:52Kubecon 2021
10. 11:31Community Updates
11. 13:22Technical Updates
12. 14:40Control Plane Extensions
13. 16:10Configurable Access Policies
14. 17:28Get Involved

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