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What's a decorated domain name? (Given the season I'm imagining bells.lights.tree.yourcompany.example.com)


If I'm understanding correctly, I think they're referring to a case like this:

https://www.experian.com/ is the primary domain of the company.

https://www.experianidworks.com/ is a "decorated" domain for a service offered by the same company.

Anyone could register experian*.com. So, if I want to determine whether the decorated domain is actually part of Experian or not, I'd have to go to Experian's website and dig around for a link to it. What makes it even worse in this case is that Experian is an incredibly high value target.




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