Other domain name pointing to my droplet IP address

January 16, 2016 2.5k views
DNS Networking Ubuntu
LiewCF
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LiewCF

Hi,

I found that a domain name (Domain A) is pointing to my droplet's IP address. I only have one website hosted on the droplet.

  • Visitors to my website will load the same content via Domain A, instead of my domain.
  • Visit Domain A will load the full content of my website.

Currently, I am using .htaccess rewrite rule to redirect visitors to my domain. (https://nixtree.com/blog/how-to-stop-other-domain-name-point-to-your-ip/)

What else can we do about it? Why are they want to point domain name to other site?

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ForYourIT January 16, 2016

Do you own the domain that is redirected to your ip?
Whats inside your .htaccess file? exactly as explained in the link?
And if you have that htaccess file, whats the problem then if the domains are being redirected to the proper domain?

You can create a VHOST with a default server option, so that it gets redirected or gets on a page different than your site. What do you have in your VHOST right now?

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  • LiewCF January 18, 2016

    I do not own the domain that's redirected to my IP.

    Now, I am using this in my .htaccess file

    <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> 
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^theOtherDomain.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ - [G]
</IfModule>

    I setup droplet using ServerPilot. I do not know where is the VHOST file.

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