One of the most efficient ways to limit the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of those which should not be able to open it. There are several reasons why you should do this. For example, you may want a certain individual not to be able to see your website, or you could limit the access for an entire nation. You may also block IP addresses if you detect that there are way too many Internet browser requests from them, if a lot of spam comments are left within your websites or if a script login page has been loaded a large number of times. In all of these scenarios, the traffic is most likely 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. This way, you'll also avoid the prospect of your hosting server getting overloaded by a lot of fake requests.

IP Blocking in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with our company and you would like to block one or a number of IP addresses, you could use the IP Blocking tool, that's incorporated into our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. Using a rather simple interface, you could stop any IP from accessing your content even if you have not had a web hosting account before. All it takes to complete that is to log within to your CP, to go to the IP Blocking section, to choose a certain domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to input the IP address. You will not need to do anything complicated 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 will block the entire range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs shall be listed in the same exact section, so you will be able to remove any one of them from the blacklist with just a click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your Internet sites inside a semi-dedicated server account with our company and you wish to block one or a few IP addresses sooner or later, you'll be able to use the easy-to-use blocking tool, that we've provided with our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With just a couple of mouse clicks, you shall be able to block individual IPs or entire ranges, if required. All you will need to do is select any one of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, decide if the blocking should be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder that is part of the Internet site, and then input the IP address you want to block. For an IP range, you simply have to omit the last octet or the last two octets of the address with regards to the size of the network that you want to block. All of the addresses that you've restricted shall be listed within the same exact section and if you wish to whitelist any one of them, you shall be able to do it with simply a click anytime.