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Split-horizon DNS

Having a private and a public Azure DNS zone with an identical name. Linked VNets resolve against the private zone while internet clients see the public one, and private records can never be resolved from the internet.

Also called split-brain DNS.

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In the Ultra Transcenders books

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Each book explains Split-horizon DNS in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.

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