g/2020/dns-proxy/role-of-dns-today.png title="Role of DNS in Istio, today"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.10/blog/2020/dns-proxy/role-of-dns-today.png alt="Role of DNS in Istio, today"></a></div><figcaption>Role of DNS in Istio, today</figcaption></figure><h2 id=problems-posed-by-dns>Problems posed by DNS</h2><p>While the role of DNS within the service mesh may seem insignificant,
it has consistently stood in the way of expanding the mesh to VMs and
enabling seamless multicluster access.</p><h3 id=vm