Control Plane

Updated 31 Jul 2026

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  in a Zero Trust / software-defined network model, the plane that manages the actions of the Data Plane — defining policies and rules for how packets should be forwarded
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  routing tables, session tables, NAT tables
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  Distinguish the data plane from the control plane
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    Data plane processes actual traffic (forwarding, encrypting); control plane manages the policies/rules that govern the data plane

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