Domain theft/hijack protection best practices?

[replic8te]

howdy

recently Ive noticed more threads on domains being hijacked and stolen and I cant say Ive ever seen a comprehensive thread on how to protect domains.

maybe Im lazy with the search function and it exists already (?) but for every one of me, theres a hundred other lazier domainers who arent thinking about this either so maybe this helps someone else also. k:

What are the best practices in proctecting your domains from hijack or theft?

Obvious things to me, although I'll admit to being a noob in some things:
- using strong and seperate passwords on all registrar accounts,
- registrar locks for what theyre worth
- seperate email accounts for whois versus daily operating accounts
- spotted a suggestion to use POP accounts rather than free email accounts for whois
- scanning for keyloggers was another suggestion I saw in Ashaw's recent thread
- anti-virus, firewall etc
- keeping off-computer backups of all emails and data (i use a mybook)

What are your best practices for protecting your investments and hard work? Could I be doing some things better?

thanks!
Mike

 

[katherine]

• use strong passwords with special characters that are not prone to brute-force attacks
• change passwords on a regular basis
• maintain a full list of domain with respective registrars and expiry dates
• archive registration/renewal receipts and registrar correspondence
• avoid free, unreliable E-mail accounts
• avoid whois privacy as it makes it more difficult to establish proof of ownership
• leave documentation for someone to take care of your names in case you have an accident or are unavailable (jail time :cheeky
• have your own registrar: the only person you can trust 100% is yourself

 

[Theo]

The best solution is to only register crap domains with no traffic or revenue.

 

[katherine]

The best solution is to only register crap domains with no traffic or revenue.

Exactly, or better yet use crappy registrars like registerfly.
Nobody can move your domains - not even you

 

[PRED]

• use strong passwords with special characters that are not prone to brute-force attacks
• change passwords on a regular basis
• maintain a full list of domain with respective registrars and expiry dates
• archive registration/renewal receipts and registrar correspondence
• avoid free, unreliable E-mail accounts
• avoid whois privacy as it makes it more difficult to establish proof of ownership
• leave documentation for someone to take care of your names in case you have an accident or are unavailable (jail time :cheeky
• have your own registrar: the only person you can trust 100% is yourself

thats great advice kate thanks a lot.
couple things need to address, but on whole im pretty good.
lots of talk lately about if any of us fal under a bus or something, lol. scarey.
but it is something we have to think about as most people dont have a scooby doo about our industry & friends/partners may not know how things tick.
cheers for advice again

 

[NETGEEK]

Exactly, or better yet use crappy registrars like registerfly.
Nobody can move your domains - not even you

:amen:

You are right about that......they are clearly the worst I've dealt with over the years.

:focus:

 

[PRED]

Agreed. what ever happened to the jokers that ran that outfit?

 

[replic8te]

The best solution is to only register crap domains with no traffic or revenue.

thankfully Ive never dealt with registerfly, but this gave me a good laff.

thanks for the tips kate

cheers
Mike