Sharing domain name service resources in a mesh network

A method in a first user device in a mesh network, the method comprising:

• selecting, by the first user device, a second user device in the mesh network as an exit device with respect to the first user device such that communication between the first user device and an external device, outside the mesh network, is communicated via the second user device;
• receiving, by the first user device from the second user device, a message indicating that the second user device has selected a third user device in the mesh network as an exit device with respect to the second user device such that communication between the second user device and the external device is communicated via the third user device;
• transmitting, by the first user device to the third user device via the second user device, a meshnet query packet that includes a domain name service (DNS) query for domain information associated with the external device, the DNS query including access information that is associated with a DNS server associated with the third user device and indicates that the third user device is to utilize the DNS server to obtain the domain information;
• receiving, by the first user device from the third device via the second user device based at least in part on transmitting the meshnet query packet, the domain information associated with the external device;
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• transmitting, by the first user device to the third user device via the second user device, a meshnet initiation packet that includes a network communication for communicating with the external device, the network communication including the domain information to indicate that the third user device is to utilize the domain information to transmit the network communication to the external device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store instructions, which when executed by a processor associated with a first user device in a mesh network, configure the processor to:

• select a second user device in the mesh network as an exit device with respect to the first user device such that communication between the first user device and an external device, outside the mesh network, is communicated via the second user device;
• receive, from the second user device, a message indicating that the second user device has selected a third user device in the mesh network as an exit device with respect to the second user device such that communication between the second user device and the external device is communicated via the third user device;
• transmit, to the third user device via the second user device, a meshnet query packet that includes a domain name service (DNS) query for domain information associated with the external device, the DNS query including access information that is associated with a DNS server associated with the third user device and indicates that the third user device is to utilize the DNS server to obtain the domain information;
• receive, from the third device via the second user device based at least in part on transmitting the meshnet query packet, the domain information associated with the external device;
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• transmit, to the third user device via the second user device, a meshnet initiation packet that includes a network communication for communicating with the external device, the network communication including the domain information to indicate that the third user device is to utilize the domain information to transmit the network communication to the external device.