Domain masking
Domain masking or URL masking is the act of hiding the actual domain name of a website from the URL field of a user's web browser in favor of another name.{{cite book|title=Web Marketing for the Music Business|last=Hutchison|first=Tom|publisher=CRC Press|date=2008|isbn=9780240810447|lccn=2008020851}} There are many ways to do this, including the following examples.
- HTML inline frame or frameset so a frame embedded in the main website actually points to some other site.
- URL rewriting (e.g., mod_rewrite) or aliases to have the web server serve the same page for two different domain names.{{cite web|url=http://www.webgui.org/community-wiki/url-masking |title=URL Masking |publisher=WebGUI.org |date=2007-12-09}}{{dubious|date=December 2013|reason=wiki is not RS}}
Once the URL is masked it displays the URL mask rather than the original URL/domain name.Will Bontrager. [http://www.willmaster.com/library/web-development/URL-masking.php "URL Masking - Attainment and Prevention"]. WillMaster.com. Masking does not affect the content of the actual website; it only covers up the original URL/domain name. Domain masking prevents users from being able to see the actual domain website, whether it be due to length or privacy/security issues.[http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/422/forwarding-or-masking-your-domain-name "Forwarding or Masking Your Domain"]. GoDaddy.com. 2013-12-10.