One of the most effective methods to limit the access to your site is to block the IP addresses of the people that must not be able to open it. There are many reasons why you should do this. For example, you may want a specific individual not to be able to see your Internet site, or you may limit the access for an entire country. You could also block IP addresses in case you detect that there are way too many browser requests from them, if a large number of spam comments are left within your Internet sites or if a script login page has been loaded numerous times. In any of these scenarios, the traffic is most likely fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you could safely block any questionable IP address, in order to be on the safe side. In this way, you shall also avoid the chance of your server getting overloaded by too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Shared Hosting

If you have a shared hosting account with our company and you wish to block one or a few IP addresses, you may use the IP Blocking tool, which is included in our in-house built Hepsia CP. Using a really simple interface, you are able to stop any IP from accessing your content even if you have not had a web hosting account before. All it requires to complete that is to log inside to your Control Panel, to navigate 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 need to do anything difficult 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 full range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs shall be listed inside the same section, so you will be able to remove any of them from the blacklist with a click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your websites within a semi-dedicated server account with us and you want to block one or a few IP addresses at some point, you may leverage the easy-to-use blocking tool, which we have included in our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP. With only a few mouse clicks, you shall be able to block certain IPs or whole ranges, if necessary. All you'll have to do is pick out any one of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, select if the blocking should be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder which is part of the Internet site, and then type the IP address you want to block. For an IP range, you only have to omit the last octet or the last 2 octets of the address based on the size of the network that you want to block. Each of the addresses that you have restricted will be listed inside the same exact section and if you want to whitelist any one of them, you shall be able to do it with simply a mouse click anytime.