turn a boolean
    This also attempts to be resilent against dns redirection.

    Note, that normal nsswitch resolution is used here.  So in order
    to avoid any utilization of 'search' entries in /etc/resolv.conf
    we have to append '.'.

    The top level 'invalid' domain is invalid per RFC.  And example.com
    should also not exist.  The '__cloud_init_expected_not_found__' entry will
    be resolved inside the search list.
    N)