VCN-native pod networking connects your Kubernetes pods running on OCI Container Engine for Kubernetes (OKE) to your Virtual Cloud Network (VCN) so you benefit from the VCN security features and performance. VCN-native pod networking provides a new CNI plugin for Kubernetes clusters managed by OKE. This CNI provides pods with an IP address from the VCN CIDR, resulting in the same network performance as virtual machines with no additional overlay required.