You will be adding DNS records. Please have access to your DNS control panel to make this change.


1) Choose a hostname for the URL protection service. 


You can set the link checking hostname to be anything. Other customers have used hostnames like:

protection.yourdomain.com
linkcheck.yourdomain.com
urldefense.yourdomain.com

This is the URL that your users will see in the browser navigation bar each time they click a link within an email message.

2) Update the DNS configuration for your domain.


In your DNS contradd:

CNAME record for your chosen hostname and point it to


urlf.phishprotection.com

Allow time for the change to propagate fully.


You check your DNS propagation here - https://dnschecker.org/#CNAME/


3) Update the Link Click configuration in the portal.



  • Click on your PhishProtection Application Tab
  • Within your PhishProtection.com account configure the service to use your chosen hostname: 


  • Under Settings chose Company, then click the pencil icon on that page to edit your Company settings
  • Enter your chosen hostname in the "Time of Click Rewriting Domain" field and save the page.


  • Update the Time of Click Rewriting Domain




4) Confirm that your custom link domain works

  • Visit your custom URL to verify that the chosen link check domain has been properly linked to your account. You should see a screen that looks like this: