diff --git a/src/netrics/conf/include/measurements.yaml b/src/netrics/conf/include/measurements.yaml
index 7286b49..c7a9145 100644
--- a/src/netrics/conf/include/measurements.yaml
+++ b/src/netrics/conf/include/measurements.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+dns-latency:
+  schedule: "H/5 * * * *"
+  param:
+    destinations:
+      - www.amazon.com
+      - chicago.suntimes.com
+      - www.chicagotribune.com
+      - cs.uchicago.edu
+      - www.facebook.com
+      - www.google.com
+      - www.wikipedia.org
+      - www.youtube.com
+
 hops:
   command: hops-traceroute
   schedule: "H/5 * * * *"
diff --git a/src/netrics/measurement/dns_latency.py b/src/netrics/measurement/dns_latency.py
index 5ddaf3b..e787acb 100644
--- a/src/netrics/measurement/dns_latency.py
+++ b/src/netrics/measurement/dns_latency.py
@@ -1,16 +1,187 @@
-import subprocess as sp
+"""Measure query latency statistics to resolve a set of domain names."""
+import operator
+import statistics
+import subprocess
+from types import SimpleNamespace as ns
 
-# Default input parameters
-PARAM_DEFAULTS = {'targets': ['google.com', 'facebook.com', 'nytimes.com']}
+import yaml
+from schema import Optional
 
-def main():
+from netrics import task
+from netrics.util import (
+    iterutils,
+    procutils,
+)
 
-    params = dict(PARAM_DEFAULTS, **json.load(sys.stdin))
+from .common import (
+    default,
+    require_exec,
+    require_net,
+)
 
-    for dst in params['target']:
-        stdout_res[dst] = {}
-        stderr_res[dst] = {}
 
-        cmd = ['dig', 
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
+#
+# dig exit codes
+#
+DIG_CODES = {
+    0: "success",
+    1: "usage error",
+    8: "couldn't open batch file",
+    9: "no reply from server",
+    10: "internal error",
+}
+
+
+#
+# params schema
+#
+PARAMS = task.schema.extend('dns_latency', {
+    # destinations: (dig): list of domain names
+    Optional('destinations',
+             default=default.DESTINATIONS): task.schema.HostnameList(),
+
+    # server: (dig): DNS server to query
+    Optional('server', default='8.8.8.8'): task.schema.IPAddress('server'),
+})
+
+
+@task.param.require(PARAMS)
+@require_exec('dig')
+@require_net
+def main(dig, params):
+    """Measure query latency statistics to resolve a set of domain names.
+
+    The local network, and then internet hosts (as configured in global
+    defaults), are queried first, to ensure network operation and
+    internet accessibility. (See: `require_net`.)
+
+    The `dig` command is then executed, concurrently, for each
+    configured domain name (`destinations`), against the configured DNS
+    server (`server`).
+
+    The mean and maximum values of the query time, reported by `dig`,
+    over these invocations, is written out according to configuration
+    (`result`).
+
+    """
+    # parallelize look-ups
+    pool = [
+        subprocess.Popen(
+            (
+                dig,
+                f'@{params.server}',
+                destination,
+                '+yaml',
+            ),
+            stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            text=True,
+        )
+        for destination in params.destinations
+    ]
+
+    # wait and map to completed processes
+    processes = [procutils.complete(process) for process in pool]
+
+    # wrap completed processes with annotative encapsulation
+    trials = [
+        ns(
+            dest=destination,
+            proc=process,
+        )
+        for (destination, process) in zip(params.destinations, processes)
+    ]
+
+    # check for exceptions
+    (failures, successes) = iterutils.sequence(operator.attrgetter('proc.returncode'), trials)
+
+    fail_total = len(failures)
+
+    for (fail_count, failure) in enumerate(failures, 1):
+        task.log.error(
+            dest=failure.dest,
+            status=f'Error ({failure.proc.returncode})',
+            error=DIG_CODES.get(failure.proc.returncode, "<unidentified>"),
+            failure=f"({fail_count}/{fail_total})",
+            stdout=failure.proc.stdout,
+            stderr=failure.proc.stderr,
+        )
+
+    if not successes:
+        task.log.critical("no destinations succeeded")
+        return task.status.no_host
+
+    # prepare results
+    try:
+        times_label = {success.dest: extract_time_ms(success.proc.stdout) for success in successes}
+    except ExtractionError as exc:
+        task.log.critical(
+            error=exc.msg,
+            stdout=exc.stdout,
+            msg='latency extraction error',
+        )
+        return task.status.software_error
+
+    times = times_label.values()
+
+    results = {'avg_ms': statistics.mean(times),
+               'max_ms': max(times)}
+
+    # add'l detail
+    times_sort = sorted(times_label.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1))
+
+    task.log.info(
+        min_label=dict(times_sort[:1]),
+        mean=round(statistics.mean(times), 1),
+        stdev=round(statistics.stdev(times), 1),
+        max_label=dict(times_sort[-1:]),
+    )
+
+    # flatten results
+    if params.result.flat:
+        results = {f'dns_query_{feature}': value for (feature, value) in results.items()}
+    else:
+        results = {'dns_query': results}
+
+    # write results
+    task.result.write(results,
+                      label=params.result.label,
+                      annotate=params.result.annotate)
+
+    return task.status.success
+
+
+class ExtractionError(ValueError):
+    """Unexpected dig output"""
+
+    def __init__(self, msg, stdout):
+        super().__init__(msg, stdout)
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.msg
+
+    @property
+    def msg(self):
+        return self.args[0]
+
+    @property
+    def stdout(self):
+        return self.args[1]
+
+
+def extract_time_ms(stdout_yaml):
+    """Extract query latency in miliseconds from dig's YAML output."""
+    try:
+        (data,) = yaml.safe_load(stdout_yaml)
+    except ValueError:
+        raise ExtractionError('unexpected output', stdout_yaml)
+
+    try:
+        message = data['message']
+        delta = message['response_time'] - message['query_time']
+    except (KeyError, TypeError):
+        raise ExtractionError('unexpected structure', stdout_yaml)
+
+    seconds = delta.total_seconds()
+
+    return seconds * 1e3
diff --git a/src/netrics/task/schema.py b/src/netrics/task/schema.py
index 2db46fb..cca88e0 100644
--- a/src/netrics/task/schema.py
+++ b/src/netrics/task/schema.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 """
 import collections.abc
+import ipaddress
 from numbers import Real
 
 from schema import (
@@ -28,20 +29,41 @@ def DestinationList(name='destinations'):
     return And(
         [Text],
         lambda dests: len(dests) == len(set(dests)),
-        error=f"{name}: must be a non-repeating list of network locators",
+        error=(name and f"{name}: must be a non-repeating list of network locators"),
     )
 
 
 def DestinationCollection(name='destinations'):
     return Or(
         {Text: Text},
-        DestinationList(name),
+        DestinationList(None),
         error=f"{name}: must be non-repeating list "
               "of network locators or mapping of these "
               "to their result labels",
     )
 
 
+def valid_ip(value):
+    try:
+        ipaddress.ip_address(value)
+    except ValueError:
+        return False
+    else:
+        return True
+
+
+def IPAddress(name):
+    return Schema(valid_ip, error=f'{name}: must be an IPv4 or IPv6 address: {{}}')
+
+
+def HostnameList(name='destinations'):
+    return And(
+        DestinationList(None),
+        [lambda value: not valid_ip(value)],
+        error=f'{name}: must be a non-repeating list of hostnames',
+    )
+
+
 def NaturalNumber(name):
     return And(int,
                lambda value: value > 0,