← Back to context Comment by ddtaylor 18 hours ago I think `systemd-resolved` provides it out-of-the-box for most distros. 3 comments ddtaylor Reply a022311 18 hours ago AFAIK it's just a proxy to another DNS server with the added benefit of being able to resolve local domain names through mDNS. hk1337 16 hours ago Isn’t that essentially what DNS is? It may cache results but it has to get the results at some point and they communicate with other DNS servers that have the information? teddyh 15 minutes ago Yes, but systemd-resolved is only a stub resolver, not a real resolver.
a022311 18 hours ago AFAIK it's just a proxy to another DNS server with the added benefit of being able to resolve local domain names through mDNS. hk1337 16 hours ago Isn’t that essentially what DNS is? It may cache results but it has to get the results at some point and they communicate with other DNS servers that have the information? teddyh 15 minutes ago Yes, but systemd-resolved is only a stub resolver, not a real resolver.
hk1337 16 hours ago Isn’t that essentially what DNS is? It may cache results but it has to get the results at some point and they communicate with other DNS servers that have the information? teddyh 15 minutes ago Yes, but systemd-resolved is only a stub resolver, not a real resolver.
AFAIK it's just a proxy to another DNS server with the added benefit of being able to resolve local domain names through mDNS.
Isn’t that essentially what DNS is? It may cache results but it has to get the results at some point and they communicate with other DNS servers that have the information?
Yes, but systemd-resolved is only a stub resolver, not a real resolver.