diff --git a/parked-domain-how-to.md b/parked-domain-how-to.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cf2f047 --- /dev/null +++ b/parked-domain-how-to.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +# Introduction +This how-to is created by the Dutch Internet Standards Platform (the organization behind [internet.nl](https://internet.nl)) and is meant to provide practical information and guidance on explicitly configuring a parked domain not to use e-mail. + +# Null MX +Explicitly configure an 'empty' MX record according to [RFC7505 ](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7505). + +`example.nl IN MX 0 .` + +# DMARC + +`DMARC p=reject` + +# DKIM + +`selector._domainkey IN TXT "v=DKIM1; p="` + +# SPF + +`example.nl IN TXT "v=spf1 –all"` + +# Other tips and tricks +* Don't use an A or AAAA record for parked domains. +* Don't redirect from a parked domain to the used domain, since this encourages users to keep using the parked domain name. + * If a redirect is used, make sure to use the proper redirect order in order for HSTS headers to remain effective: + 1. redirect from HTTP to HTTPS on the same (sub)domain. + 2. when using HTTPS, redirect to another (sub)domain.