You are responsible for securing thekubeletcomponent in a Kubernetes cluster.

Thekubeletis the primary agent that runs on each node in a Kubernetes cluster and communicates with the control plane.

Kubeletsupports TLS (Transport Layer Security)for both authentication and encryption when interacting with the API server. This is a core security feature that ensures secure node-to-control-plane communication.

Incorrect options:

(A) Kubelet does not run as a privileged container by default; it runs as a system process (typically systemd-managed) on the host.

(B) Kubelet does include built-in security features such asTLS authentication, authorization modes, and read-only vs secured ports.

(D) While kubelet interacts with the host system (e.g., cgroups, container runtimes), it does not inherently require root access for communication security; RBAC and TLS handle authentication.