Spoofing is disguising a communication source from an unknown source to be from a known and valid source. Spoofers commonly target phone calls, emails, websites, IP addresses, Domain Name System servers and address Resolution Protocols.
When you set up a G Suite free trial domain for your business, in less than an hour, you will enjoy professional level productivity tools. However, effective experience of the tools requires you get the set-up right in the first place. A core section is protecting your domain from spoofers. Read on how to go about this.
Domain verification helps to prove URL ownership, as well as technical access proof. The G Suite Setup Wizard helps you configure tasks such as
For the last point, if you are not an experienced mail server administrator, especially when trying out the G Suite free trial, do not spoof proof using the SPF or DKIM settings. However, if you purchased the domain through a goggle partner, high chances this was already done for you.
Spammers forge the From field to make it seem like emails are coming from your domain. Add a Sender Policy Framework (SPF) record to your domain host. This enables email recipients to identify which of your email servers sends emails from your domain.
In short, the record informs the recipients mail server that the message has come from your domain, and is not spam.
When you send an email from your Gmail, the recipients server checks if the SPF record at your domain, matches the record on their server. If there is a mismatch, the message is marked as spam.
Domain Keys Identified Mail and Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance, alongside SPF can help spoof proof your domain in the following ways-
The released beta versions of G Suite feature advanced protection setting. The controls allow you to-
Even on the G Suite free trial Beta versions, you are able to:
The new interface allows you to easily see the settings you have applied, and the actions under each control.
Most people will immediately recognize spam email the minute you see one. However, an email seemingly from your employee, boss or business partner wouldn’t look suspicious. The content may raise eyebrows, but if it is similar to your line of work, for example, request to deliver goods and send money. Gmail and Outlook, under the G Suite free trial and paid package, have relatively strong ant-spoofing protection. You only have to know about how to turn the protection features on.