One of the most effective ways to restrict the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of those that must not be able to open it. There are various reasons why you should do this. For instance, you may want a particular individual not to be able to see your Internet site, or you could restrict the access for a whole country. You could also block IP addresses if you detect that there are way too many web browser requests from them, if a lot of spam comments are left on your Internet sites or if a script login page has been loaded a large number of times. In each of these cases, the traffic is most probably fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you may safely block any shady IP address, in order to be on the safe side. This way, you shall also prevent the chance of your web server getting overloaded by way too many fake requests.
IP Blocking in Website Hosting
If you have a website hosting account with us and you want to block one or a number of IP addresses, you may use the IP Blocking tool, that's included in our in-house built Hepsia CP. By using a very simple interface, you'll be able to restrict 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 in to your CP, to visit the IP Blocking section, to select a particular 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 a whole network - you will just need 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 will be listed within the same section, so you will be able to remove any of them from the blacklist with only a click.
IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account with us and you wish to block one or a number of IP addresses eventually, you could leverage the easy-to-use blocking tool, that we have supplied with our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP. With a couple of clicks, you shall be able to block specific IPs or entire ranges, if needed. All you shall need to do is pick out any 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 that's part of the Internet site, and then type in the IP address that you'd like to block. For an IP range, you simply need to omit the last octet or the last 2 octets of the address in accordance with the size of the network you want to block. Each of the addresses that you have restricted will be listed inside the exact same section and if you want to whitelist any one of them, you will be able to do it with only a mouse click anytime.