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Re:Istio – An open platform to connect, manage, and secure m... by dankohn1 on Monday February 04, 2019 @11:47AM (#19077803)
It's not ELI5, but the best explanation I've seen comes from Envoy-creator Matt Klein: https://blog.envoyproxy.io/service-mesh-data-plane-vs-contro...

"Istio is the control plane and Envoy is the data plane"

"Ultimately, the goal of a control plane is to set policy that will eventually be enacted by the data plane."

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