ype <code>clusterIP</code>. The <code>kube-proxy</code> on each node
maps this VIP to a set of pods of the service, and forwards the traffic
to one of them selected at random. When using a service mesh, the
sidecar works similarly to the <code>kube-proxy</code> as far as traffic forwarding
is concerned.</p><p>The following diagram depicts the role of DNS today:</p><figure style=width:75%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:57.00636942675159%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.10/blo