Use reverse-resolved DNS info in the connections table.

client/app/scripts/components/node-details/node-details-table.js

@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ export default class NodeDetailsTable extends React.Component {
       if (field) {
         if (field.valueType === 'metadata') {
           return (
-            <td className="node-details-table-node-value" key={field.id}>
+            <td className="node-details-table-node-value truncate" title={field.value}
+              key={field.id}>
               {field.value}
             </td>
           );

probe/endpoint/reporter.go

@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ import (
 
 // Node metadata keys.
 const (
-	Addr        = "addr" // typically IPv4
-	Port        = "port"
-	Conntracked = "conntracked"
-	Procspied   = "procspied"
+	Addr            = "addr" // typically IPv4
+	Port            = "port"
+	Conntracked     = "conntracked"
+	Procspied       = "procspied"
+	ReverseDNSNames = "reverse_dns_names"
 )
 
 // Reporter generates Reports containing the Endpoint topology.
@@ -182,7 +183,7 @@ func (r *Reporter) addConnection(rpt *report.Report, t fourTuple, extraFromNode,
 	// In case we have a reverse resolution for the IP, we can use it for
 	// the name...
 	if toNames, err := r.reverseResolver.get(t.toAddr); err == nil {
-		toNode = toNode.WithSet("name", report.MakeStringSet(toNames...))
+		toNode = toNode.WithSet(ReverseDNSNames, report.MakeStringSet(toNames...))
 	}
 
 	if extraFromNode != nil {

render/detailed/connections.go

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/probe/endpoint"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/render"
 	"github.com/weaveworks/scope/report"
 )
@@ -94,6 +95,8 @@ func incomingConnectionsSummary(topologyID string, r report.Report, n report.Nod
 					port:       port,
 				}
 				if isInternetNode(n) {
+					endpointNode := r.Endpoint.Nodes[localEndpointID]
+					key.localNode = &endpointNode
 					key.localAddr = localAddr
 				}
 				counts[key] = counts[key] + 1
@@ -144,6 +147,8 @@ func outgoingConnectionsSummary(topologyID string, r report.Report, n report.Nod
 					port:       port,
 				}
 				if isInternetNode(n) {
+					endpointNode := r.Endpoint.Nodes[remoteEndpointID]
+					key.localNode = &endpointNode
 					key.localAddr = localAddr
 				}
 				counts[key] = counts[key] + 1
@@ -206,10 +211,15 @@ func connectionRows(r report.Report, in map[connection]int, includeLocal bool) [
 			connection.Linkable = false
 		}
 		if includeLocal {
+			// Does localNode have a DNS record in it?
+			label := row.localAddr
+			if set, ok := row.localNode.Sets.Lookup(endpoint.ReverseDNSNames); ok && len(set) > 0 {
+				label = set[0]
+			}
 			connection.Metadata = append(connection.Metadata,
 				report.MetadataRow{
 					ID:       "foo",
-					Value:    row.localAddr,
+					Value:    label,
 					Datatype: number,
 				})
 		}