Yes, split horizon is the original term, which has experienced linguistic
drift and is now just split DNS.

I think there is a useful distinction to be made between the various
different ways that global names may have different meanings in different
contexts.

RFC 2826 talks about this a bit, and RFC 8244 comments further in section
4.1.1. Neither document attempts to enumerate the use cases, however.

I think that split DNS is a specific use case, and does not encompass the
whole phenomenon. If we want to talk about the whole phenomenon, this may
not be the place to do it—I don't actually know of a term for the general
idea. But I'm pretty sure that "split DNS" is not that term.

On Mar 19, 2018 21:15, "Paul Wouters" <p...@nohats.ca> wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Mar 2018, John Heidemann wrote:
>
> +1 on "split-horizon dns" as the term, over "split dns" and some other
>> neologism, on the basis of running code and existing documentation and
>> existing wide use.
>>
>
> I and google disagree:
>
> "split dns":  72900 hits
> "split horizon dns": 5640 hits
>
>
> If the document is about explaining terminology, it must explain "split
> dns" and can say another term for it is "split horizon dns", but not the
> other way around.
>
> I personally don't hear (or use) "split horizon dns"
>
> Paul
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