Systems and methods to operate devices with domain name system (DNS) caches
Described embodiments provide systems and methods for invalidating a cache of a domain name system (DNS) information based on changes in internet protocol (IP) families. A mobile device having one or more network interfaces configured to communicate over a plurality of networks using a plurality of internet protocol (IP) families is configured to maintain a cache storing DNS information of one or more IP addresses of a first IP family of the plurality of IP families used by the mobile device for a connection to a first network of the plurality of networks. The device can detect a change in the connection of the mobile device from the first network using the first IP family to a second network using a second IP family different from the first IP family and flush at least the DNS information of one or more IP addresses of the first IP family from the cache to prevent use by the mobile device of an IP address that corresponds to an invalid cache entry.
1. A system comprising:
a mobile device having one or more network interfaces configured to communicate over a plurality of networks using a plurality of internet protocol (IP) families, the mobile device configured to:
maintain a cache storing domain name system (DNS) information of one or more IP addresses of a first IP family of the plurality of IP families used by the mobile device for a connection to a first network of the plurality of networks;
detect a change in the connection of the mobile device from the first network using the first IP family to a second network of the plurality of networks, the second network using a second IP family of the plurality of IP families different from the first IP family; and
flush, in response to detection of the change in the connection of the mobile device from the first network to the second network, at least the DNS information of one or more IP addresses of the first IP family of the first network from the cache maintained by the mobile device to prevent use by the mobile device of an IP address that corresponds to an invalid cache entry.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first network uses a first signal type of one of cellular or wireless and the second network uses a second signal type different than the first signal type used by the first network.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more network interfaces comprises a cellular network interface and a wireless network interface.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of IP families comprises at least IP version 4 and IP version 6.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is further configured to detect a switch from a first network interface of the one or more network interfaces using, for the first network, a first signal type of one of cellular or wireless to a second network interface of the one or more network interfaces using, for the second network, a second signal type different than the first signal type used by the first network interface.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the mobile device is further configured to maintain entries in the cache in response to detecting that an IP family used by the second network interface remained the same as an IP family used by the first network interface between the switch from using the first network interface to the second network interface.
7. The system of claim 5 , wherein to detect a change from the mobile device using the first IP family to the second IP family, the mobile device is further configured to detect that the first IP family used by the first network interface changed to the second IP family used by the second network interface between the switch from using the first network interface to the second network interface.
8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the mobile device is further configured to:
determine the first IP family used by the first network interface responsive to a first operating system call to determine the properties of the first network interface; and
determine the second IP family used by the second network interface responsive to a second operating system call to determine the properties of the second network interface.
9. A method comprising:
(a) maintaining, by a mobile device having one or more network interfaces configured to communicate over a plurality of networks using a plurality of internet protocol (IP) families, a cache storing domain name system (DNS) information of one or more IP addresses of a first IP family of the plurality of IP families used by the mobile device for a connection to a first network of the plurality of networks;
(b) detecting, by the mobile device, a change in the connection of the mobile device from the first network using the first IP family to a second network of the plurality of networks using a second IP family of the plurality of IP families different from the first IP family; and
(c) flushing, by the mobile device, in response to detection of the change in the connection of the mobile device from the first network to the second network, at least the DNS information of one or more IP addresses of the first IP family of the first network from the cache maintained by the mobile device to prevent use by the mobile device of an IP address that corresponds to an invalid cache entry.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first network uses a first signal type of one of cellular or wireless and the second network uses a second signal type different than the first signal type used by the first network.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the one or more network interfaces comprises a cellular network interface and a wireless network interface.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of IP families comprises at least IP version 4 and IP version 6.
13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising detecting, by the mobile device, a switch from a first network interface of the one or more network interfaces using, for the first network, a first signal type of one of cellular or wireless to a second network interface of the one or more network interfaces using, for the second network, a second signal type different than the first signal type used by the first network interface.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising maintaining, by the mobile device, entries in the cache in response to detecting that an IP family used by the second network interface remained the same as an IP family used by the first network interface between the switch from using the first network interface to the second network interface.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein (b) further comprises detecting that the first IP family used by the first network interface changed to the second IP family used by the second network interface between the switch from using the first network interface to the second network interface.
16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
determining, by the mobile device, the first IP family used by the first network interface responsive to a first operating system call to determine the properties of the first network interface; and
determining, by the mobile device, the second IP family used by the second network interface responsive to a second operating system call to determine the properties of the second network interface.
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing program instructions for causing one or more processors to:
maintain, on a mobile device having one or more network interfaces configured to communicate over a plurality of networks using a plurality of internet protocol (IP) families, a cache storing domain name system (DNS) information of one or more IP addresses of a first IP family of the plurality of IP families used by the mobile device for a connection to a first network of the plurality of networks;
detect a change in the connection of the mobile device from the first network using the first IP family to a second network, of the plurality of networks, using a second IP family of the plurality of IP families different from the first IP family; and
flush, in response to detection of the change in the connection of the mobile device from the first network to the second network, at least the DNS information of one or more IP addresses of the first IP family of the first network from the cache maintained by the mobile device to prevent use by the mobile device of an IP address that corresponds to an invalid cache entry.
18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the first network uses a first signal type of one of cellular or wireless and the second network uses a second signal type different than the first signal type used by the first network.
19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the one or more network interfaces comprises a cellular network interface and a wireless network interface.
20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17 , storing program instructions for causing the one or more processors to detect a switch from a first network interface of the one or more network interfaces using, for the first network, a signal type of one of cellular or wireless to a second network interface of the one or more network interfaces using, for the second network, a different signal type than the first network interface.