One of the most efficient approaches to limit the access to your website is to block the IP addresses of those that must not be able to open it. There are many reasons why you should do that. For instance, you may want a certain individual not to be able to see your Internet site, or you can limit the access for a whole state. You may also block IP addresses in case you discover that there are way too many web browser requests from them, if a large number of spam comments are left on your websites or if a script login page has been loaded numerous times. In all of these cases, the traffic is more than likely fake and has been produced by an automatic bot, so you may safely block any suspicious IP address, in order to be on the safe side. Thus, you will also steer clear of the prospect of your web server getting overloaded by too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with us and you wish to block one or a number of IP addresses, you can use the IP Blocking tool, that is integrated into our in-house built Hepsia CP. By using a pretty simple interface, you'll be able to stop any IP from accessing your content even if you have not had a web hosting account before. All it takes to perform that is to log inside to your CP, to navigate to the IP Blocking section, to choose a specific domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to input the IP address. You simply won't need to do anything complex if you'd like to block a whole network - you'll just have 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 will be listed in the same section, so you'll be able to remove any one of them from the blacklist with just a click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts come with a really simple-to-use IP blocking tool, which will allow you to restrict individual IPs or even entire networks from accessing your websites with onlyseveral clicks and you shall not have any troubles to accomplish that even if that is your first hosting account. As soon as you visit the IP Blocking section of the Hepsia CP, you'll only need to choose the domain or subdomain in question from a drop-down list, then type the IP address inside a box that you'll see there and you will be all set. To limit the access for a whole network, you will need to leave one or more octets blank. For instance, if you input 123.123. and do not input anything within the third and fourth positions, our hosting server will deny requests from all IP addresses between 123.123.1.1 and 123.123.255.255.