Field Notes
August 02, 2026 · 2 min read

Split-horizon DNS for a small home lab

Inside, names resolve to private addresses; outside, to the public one.

Hairpin NAT works until it does not. A resolver with per-network views avoids the problem entirely.

Clientnas.example.net resolves to
Home LAN192.168.1.20
VPN10.8.0.20
Internetpublic address

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