One of the most efficient methods to limit the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of those that shouldn't be able to open it. There are several good reasons to do this. As an example, you may want a specific individual not to be able to see your website, or you may limit the access for a whole state. You can also block IP addresses if you discover that there are way too many web browser requests from them, if a huge number of 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 scenarios, the traffic is more than likely fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you could safely block any shady IP address, so as to be on the safe side. In this way, you will also steer clear of the prospect of your hosting server getting overloaded by way too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Website Hosting

Our Linux website hosting provide an IP blocking tool, so in case you want to restrict the access to your sites, you will be able to do so with simply a couple of clicks. The tool is included with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with all accounts and that's very easy to use. As soon as you log in and navigate to the IP blocking section, you shall just need to select a domain or a subdomain hosted inside the account and type the IP address which should be blocked. Our system will permit you to block entire networks also, so if you type in 123.123.123., for example, this will block all IP addresses between 123.123.123.1 and 123.123.123.255 from accessing your websites. In case you would like to whitelist an IP at some point, you can unblock it with a mouse click from the same section.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your websites in a semi-dedicated server account with our company and you wish to block one or several IP addresses sooner or later, you'll be able to leverage the easy-to-use blocking tool, which we've included in our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With a few clicks, you will be able to block individual IPs or whole ranges, if needed. All you'll have to do is pick any one of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, select if the blocking needs to be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder which is part of the Internet site, and then type the IP address that you want to block. For an IP range, you just have to omit the last octet or the last two octets of the address depending on the size of the network that you want to block. Each of the addresses that you've restricted shall be listed in the same exact section and if you would like to whitelist any of them, you will be able to do it with just a mouse click at any time.