de>kube-dns</code> as a name server on the VM if one is
willing to engage in some convoluted workarounds involving <code>dnsmasq</code> and
external exposure of <code>kube-dns</code> using <code>NodePort</code> services: assuming you
manage to convince your cluster administrator to do so. Even so, you are
opening the door to a host of <a href=https://blog.aquasec.com/dns-spoofing-kubernetes-clusters>security
issues</a>. At
the end of the day, these are point solutions that are typically out
of scope for tho