[dns-operations] *nix stub resolver as a stateful daemon (was: ...dns resolver inside "systemd")

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, Robert Edmonds <edmonds at mycre.ws> said:
> I don't see a big advantage to producing new NSS modules for the DNS
> protocol (e.g., see the fate of nss-lwres) versus putting "nameserver
> 127.0.0.1" (and nothing else) in /etc/resolv.conf, and running a nice
> DNS server on 127.0.0.1:53, either in full recursive mode or forwarding
> to your preferred recursive DNS service.

/etc/resolv.conf is a well-known interface for DHCP clients and such to
set DNS servers.  Running full-up resolver requires everything that
needs to adjust DNS servers to know how to configure the resolver.

-- 
Chris Adams <cma at cmadams.net>