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I used www.domainsatcost.ca and registered a domain name. krypton.com is registered with someone, but since I am a Superman fan we'll use www.krypton.com as an example.

Protect Your Domain Name

Domain hacking is becoming more common. At minimal, it is recommended to enable in your account, auto-renew and registrar lock. Often registrars will have more advanced features (at a price) that you might want to enable if your domain is particularly valuable.

Not so obvious, is that it is actually better to put dummy information for your Adminstrative and Technical contact information. There have been cases where the email address harvested also happened to be the account name for the registrar and used to hijack the domain.

Lastly, ensure you have a strong password to protect your registrar login account.

Configure DNS

Next you need to Configure your Domain Name which involves 3 basic components,

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