Domain Security

Q: Why is protecting my domain so important?

Protecting your domain name is critical to maintaining a healthy online presence. One way of doing this is with private domain registration. This hides your personal contact data from the public, effectively masking your registration details with the name of your web hosting provider. It's only available with certain domains. Having authenticated proof of your domain ownership and preventing third-party access to your personal domain data can also help protect your domain name. IONOS offers a wide range of domain security and protection services. With IONOS domain security products like Domain Guard and DNS Pro, you can protect your domain from DDoS attacks, safeguard against DNS hijacking and spoofing via DNSSEC, ensure faster, reliable, and secure DNS resolution, and choose Premium Anycast or secondary DNS with DNS backup and restore. Customized DNS templates are also offered as a part of an optional add-on that will work with any domain.

Q: Will the Domain Guard notify me when my domain is due to expire?

As long as you do not proactively cancel your domain (for which you will receive reminders from us in advance), we will auto-renew your contract. This way, you do not have to worry about your domain expiring unexpectedly.

Q: What is the difference between the Domain Guard and private domain registration?

Private domain registration makes sure that your Whois information is not visible to third parties. The Domain Guard, however, protects you against hackers trying to access and alter your DNS records.

Keep your domain safe from attack

Your domain is a valuable asset. Protect it from third-parties and threats with our add-ons, Domain Guard and DNS Pro.

Domain Security

Domain Guard

DNS Pro

FAQ

How to get Domain Guard or DNS Pro

Add extra security to all your IONOS domains.

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If you don't have a domain, search for the one you want in the search bar above.

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Add Domain Guard or DNS Pro when prompted during checkout.

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Activate the security features with one click in your IONOS account.

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Already have an IONOS domain? Log in and add DNS Pro or Domain Guard any time.

Protect your domain with extra security features

Domain Guard

Take control of your domain and its DNS traffic.

Secure access rights with two-factor authentication
Verify DNS traffic with DNSSEC encryption
Get proof of domain ownership

Applies to all new and existing domains within a contract.

First year for $1, then $15/year

Protect your domains

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Domain Guard features in detail

Protection from DNS hijacking

Hackers could redirect your domain to fraudulent or malicious websites, potentially allowing them to steal one of user's credit card details, or even claim legal ownership of your domain. Domain Guard counters these attacks and protects your DNS records.

Two-factor authentication

Any changes to your domain and its records must go through an additional verification step where a security link is sent to your email address. This adds an extra layer of security and prevents hackers or unauthorized third parties from stealing your domain.

Improved security with DNSSEC

Your DNS records store information on how your domain is connected to an IP address. Domain Guard protects your DNS records through DNSSEC, leaving hackers unable to manipulate these important details or reroute them to fake destinations.

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Authenticated proof of ownership

IONOS will provide you with a domain ownership document free of charge. You can use this document if you need to prove domain ownership to any third parties, or when dealing with various authorities, institutions or companies.

DNS Pro

Improve load times, and prevent DNS failure and website downtime.

Reduce the risk of DNS hijacking, spoofing, and DDoS attacks
Premium Anycast DNS, Secondary DNS and DNSSEC included
Back up and restore DNS zones, define and use your own DNS templates

Applies to all existing and new domains within a contract.

12 months for $1/month, then $2.50/month

Protect your domains

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DNS Pro, explained

Premium Anycast

Reduce your website's loading time, no matter where your visitors are located. Unlike standard name servers, Premium Anycast has server locations on all continents so your visitors always profit from a fast name resolution.

DNS Backup

Manage custom templates for groups of DNS records to configure DNS zones quickly and easily. Create backups of your entire DNS zone and restore it at any time, reducing costly downtime.

DNSSEC

Make your domain name system more secure with an added layer of authentication. DNSSEC prevents hackers from manipulating your DNS records and rerouting queries to rogue servers.

Secondary DNS

The operator of an authoritative name server can use IONOS as a secondary DNS provider. This increases the availability and performance of name resolution.

Why buy a domain at IONOS

Each domain contract is packed with great features.

Security

For reliable protection of your site visitors, one Wildcard SSL certificate is included per contract. Domain Guard or DNS Pro can be added as an optional extra.

10,000 subdomains

Get up to 10,000 subdomains to customize and structure your website, for example: news.yourname.com.

Email

A professional email address (for example: you@yourname.com) connected to your domain with 2 GB of mailbox space to start. Upgrade anytime for more storage.