o agent dramatically cuts down the number of DNS queries from 12
to just 2!</em></p><h3 id=vms-to-kubernetes-integration>VMs to Kubernetes integration</h3><p>Since the Istio agent performs local DNS resolution for services
within the mesh, DNS lookup queries for Kubernetes services from VMs will now
succeed without requiring clunky workarounds for exposing <code>kube-dns</code>
outside the cluster. The ability to seamlessly resolve internal
services in a cluster will now simplify your monolith to microservi