to the upstream name
servers defined in <code>/etc/resolv.conf</code>. The following diagram depicts
the interactions that occur when an application tries to access a
service using its hostname.</p><figure style=width:75%><div class=wrapper-with-intrinsic-ratio style=padding-bottom:41.07929515418502%><a data-skipendnotes=true href=/v1.11/blog/2020/dns-proxy/dns-interception-in-istio.png title="Smart DNS proxying in Istio sidecar agent"><img class=element-to-stretch src=/v1.11/blog/2020/dns-proxy/dns-interce