One of the most reliable methods to limit the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of individuals which must not be able to open it. There are various reasons why you should do that. For instance, you may want a particular person not to be able to see your Internet site, or you may limit the access for an entire country. You may also block IP addresses in case you detect that there are way too many Internet browser requests from them, if many spam comments are left on your websites or if a script login page has been loaded many times. In all of these cases, the traffic is most probably fake and has been produced by an automatic bot, so you may safely block any shady IP address, so as to be on the safe side. Thus, you'll also steer clear of the prospect of your hosting server getting overloaded by many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Cloud Website Hosting

If you have a cloud website hosting account with our company and you would like to block one or several IP addresses, you can use the IP Blocking tool, which is included in our in-house built Hepsia CP. By using a very simple interface, you could prevent any IP from accessing your content even if you have never had a web hosting account before. All it takes to complete this is to log within to your Control Panel, to navigate to the IP Blocking section, to pick a specific domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to enter the IP address. You will not need to do anything complex if you wish to block an entire network - you will simply have to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot shall block the whole range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs will be listed within the very same section, so you will be able to remove any one of them from the blacklist with a click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your sites within a semi-dedicated server account with our company and you wish to block one or a few IP addresses at some point, you are able to benefit from the easy-to-use blocking tool, that we have included in our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With several mouse clicks, you shall be able to block individual IPs or entire ranges, if necessary. All you will need to do is pick any one of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, choose if the blocking must be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder that's part of the website, and then type the IP address that you want to block. For an IP range, you just have to omit the last octet or the last two octets of the address in accordance with the size of the network which you want to block. All the addresses you have restricted will be listed inside the very same section and if you want to whitelist any of them, you will be able to do it with just a click anytime.