One of the most efficient ways to restrict the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of those that should not be able to open it. There are several reasons why you should do this. As an example, you may want a particular individual not to be able to see your Internet site, or you may limit the access for an entire nation. You could also block IP addresses if you detect that there are too many Internet browser requests from them, if many spam comments are left on your Internet sites or if a script login page has been loaded a lot of times. In each of these situations, the traffic is most likely fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you could safely block any suspicious IP address, in order to be on the safe side. Thus, you'll also prevent the chance of your hosting server getting overloaded by too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting account with us and you wish to block one or a number of IP addresses, you can use the IP Blocking tool, that's included in our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. Through a very simple interface, you could stop any IP from accessing your content even if you have not had a web hosting account before. All it requires to perform this is to log inside to your Control Panel, to check out the IP Blocking section, to choose a certain domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to enter the IP address. You shall not have to do anything complicated if you would like to block an entire network - you'll just need to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot will 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 of them from the blacklist with simply a click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to block IP addresses without difficulty and stop the unwelcome traffic to any Internet site hosted within a semi-dedicated server account with our company, since we offer you a really easy-to-use tool to do that, that is included with our Hepsia hosting CP. Even if you have never addressed this sort of problems in the past, you shall not have any difficulties, considering that our tool includes a very user-friendly interface. As you navigate to the IP blocking section of the CP, you shall find a comprehensive list of all the domains and subdomains that you have added inside the Hosted Domains section. All you should do to block an IP address is pick the desired domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and enter the IP within the box below. The change shall take effect at once, so you will not get any traffic from this address in the future. Removing an IP from the blocked list is equally uncomplicated.