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DNS on Linux
Domain Name Resolution (DNS) on Linux is done in a very similar way to DNS on BSD. It is worth reiterating that DNS was invented for BSD.
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Name resolution
Name Service Switch
The Name Service Switch (NSS) configuration file (/etc/nsswitch.conf) defines the order of operations for various services, among them being name resolution.
hosts: files dns
Consider instead this configuration, which makes use of libraries and services from the systemd project. This will enable some omissions from the hosts file.
hosts: files mymachines myhostname dns
Hosts
The hosts file (/etc/hosts) is a list of addresses and names, especially for local hosts and machines.
127.0.0.1 localhost
Resolver
The resolver configuration file (/etc/resolv.conf) is a list of nameservers to query for name resolution. Changes are immediately effective.
If the resolver file is being configured directly, then it should look like:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
Services that manipulate the resolver file include:
systemd-resolved(8) and it's userland utility resolvectl(1)
Utilities
drill(1), used as drill NAME @SERVER TYPE
Multicast name resolution
Multicast domain name resolution (mDNS) is an expansion of the DNS protocol. An mDNS broadcaster makes use of port 5353 and resolves names in the .local domain.
Note that there is also partial/coincidental support for link-local multicast name resolution (LLMNR) in many of the Linux implementations of mDNS. LLMNR is a similar but deliberately incompatible protocol (using port 5355) and also with a limited scope for features.