
Protecting Domain Names With Domain Locking If you have a home phone, you've probably been warned about "slamming", a process by which unscrupulous long distance carriers switch you to their service without your permission. What a lot of people don't know is that this type of hijacking can happen with domain names.
Unfortunately, some site owners have experienced this. Common practices include:
A third party changing your domain's name server information so that it points to a web host they control. Your domain name then loads the...