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 * [containerd](https://github.com/containerd/containerd/blob/master/README.md) can now be selected as an alternate container runtime for Kubernetes. Use the `--container-runtime containerd` flag to create such a cluster.
 
+* Cilium CNI can now use AWS networking natively through the AWS ENI IPAM mode. Kops can also run a Kubernetes cluster entirely without kube-proxy using Cilium's BPF NodePort implementation
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 # Breaking changes
 
 * Terraform users on AWS may need to rename some resources in their state file in order to prepare for Terraform 0.12 support. See Required Actions below.