Stop another domain from displaying my website

Keith1976

• August 08, 2021 15:49

Hi, I've found out that another website is somehow displaying my website on their domain. So if I type in their url/domain into a browser my content is loaded at their domain. I assume they have set my servers ip address in a dns record. I have contacted cloudflare which they are using and their host to try to get it taken down. But would appreciate any advice on what I can do from my side to stop it happening in the meantime. Edit to say - using the below code at the top of .htaccess works: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?badwebsite\.com$ RewriteRule ^/?(.*)

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • August 09, 2021 13:33

  Hey there! If the .htaccess code you posted does indeed resolve the issue, that would indicate they have indeed pointed the DNS to your system. There isn't a way to can solve that, except by performing the work you have done already. I would recommend changing that to redirect to a 404 page or some other error message to help deter that traffic.

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  Keith1976

  • August 09, 2021 13:42

  Thanks for the reply cPRex. I like the 404 idea. Where example below is my domain, after setting up a custom error page in cPanel would this work: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?badwebsite\.com$ RewriteRule ^/?(.*)

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • August 09, 2021 14:04

  You're welcome!

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  Keith1976

  • August 09, 2021 14:53

  Just one problem with the above solution. RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?badwebsite\.com$ RewriteRule ^/?(.*)

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  cPRex Jurassic Moderator

  • August 09, 2021 15:05

  Yes, but you'd need some more advanced rewrite rules. While I don't claim to be a .htaccess wizard, how about this: RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{http_host} ^www.badwebsite.com [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{http_host} ^badwebsite.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.co.uk./ [R=301,NC,L]
  

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  Keith1976

  • August 09, 2021 16:11

  Thanks. I modified it slightly to give a 403 forbidden response. Everything is now working as intended. RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{http_host} ^www.badwebsite.com [NC,OR] RewriteCond %{http_host} ^badwebsite.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.example.co.uk [R=403,NC,L]
  

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