One of the most reliable methods to restrict the access to your site is to block the IP addresses of the individuals that mustn't be able to open it. There are several reasons why you should do this. As an illustration, you may want a particular individual not to be able to see your Internet site, or you may restrict the access for an entire nation. You may also block IP addresses in case you discover that there are too many browser requests from them, if many spam comments are left on your websites or if a script login page has been loaded numerous times. In each of these scenarios, the traffic is most probably fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you could safely block any questionable IP address, so as to be on the safe side. Thus, you shall also stay away from the chance of your server getting overloaded by too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Cloud Web Hosting

If you have a cloud web hosting account with our company and you would like to block one or several IP addresses, you can use the IP Blocking tool, that's incorporated into our in-house built Hepsia CP. Using a rather simple interface, you are able to prevent any IP from accessing your content even if you have never had a web hosting account before. All it takes to perform that is to log in to your Control Panel, to go to the IP Blocking section, to select a specific domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to enter the IP address. You won't have to do anything difficult if you wish to block an entire network - you will just need to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot will block the full range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs shall be listed in the exact same section, so you shall be able to remove any of them from the blacklist with simply a click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your Internet sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us and you need to block one or several IP addresses eventually, you may use the easy-to-use blocking tool, which we've included in our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP. With a few mouse clicks, you'll be able to block certain IPs or entire ranges, if needed. All you shall need to do is choose any one of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, decide if the blocking needs to be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder that's part of the Internet site, and then enter the IP address that you would like to block. For an IP range, you just need to omit the last octet or the last two octets of the address based on the size of the network you want to block. All the addresses which you have restricted shall be listed inside the very same section and if you wish to whitelist any of them, you will be able to do it with a mouse click whenever you want.