How to protect domain names? What are the domain name protection techniques?
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A domain name is the core and key to a website. If a domain name is stolen and transferred to another registrar, the owner will suffer significant losses. Furthermore, it is extremely difficult to recover a stolen domain name. Therefore, preventing domain name theft is essential knowledge for all webmasters.
1. Enter authentic domain name information
When registering a domain name, you must enter your true information. Do not fill in any random information. Enterprise users should use their actual business license when registering a domain name, and individuals should use their real ID card and name. This ensures that if the domain name is stolen, users can provide authentic documentation to verify their identity.
2. Account and Password Security
Do not use the account and email address used to register a domain name on other websites. Use a strong password that includes uppercase and lowercase alphanumeric characters and is at least eight characters long. Do not use this password on any other websites. This is to prevent hackers from cracking the same account and password from other websites and using it to gain access to the domain registrar's website, thereby easily gaining user login privileges and performing operations such as transferring the domain name.
3. Email Security
Use a secure email address. Domain theft typically begins with a compromised email address. If a criminal compromises a user's email address, they can change the login password for the website domain by resetting the password, thereby compromising the domain name. Therefore, it's essential to use a secure email address to ensure domain security.
What constitutes a secure email address? Simply put, it means that even if the user's email password is compromised, an attacker still cannot access the email address. Currently, email addresses with two-step verification (for example, both Gmail and Hotmail support two-step verification) are considered secure.
Two-step verification works similarly to dynamic tokens used in online banking. It generates a six-digit dynamic password based on the current time and device attributes (such as the token serial number or phone serial number). This is more secure than password authentication alone.
A user's static email password can be compromised through phishing or repeated passwords. Without receiving a security warning, users may not change their passwords for a considerable period of time. During this period, attackers can gain unauthorized access to their accounts. When two-step verification is enabled, if an attacker cannot obtain the dynamic password on their phone, they will fail authentication. This makes it difficult for attackers to access a user's email account unless both their email password and phone number are stolen.
4. Locking a Domain Name
To prevent unauthorized transfers of a domain name to another registrar, you can lock the domain name in your account. While a domain is locked, it cannot be transferred to another registrar, effectively preventing others from stealing the domain name. Transferring a domain to another registrar is only possible when the domain name is unlocked. Locking a domain name does not affect normal domain resolution.
If a domain name is unlocked, the registrar will typically send a notification email to the user's inbox, ensuring that the user is immediately informed of the domain's status.
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