One of the most productive approaches to restrict the access to your site is to block the IP addresses of individuals which shouldn't be able to open it. There are several reasons to do that. For example, you may want a certain person not to be able to see your Internet site, or you could restrict the access for an entire country. You may also block IP addresses in case you discover that there are too many web browser requests from them, if a lot of spam comments are left in your Internet sites or if a script login page has been loaded a large number of times. In all of these scenarios, the traffic is almost certainly 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'll also steer clear of the possibility of your server getting overloaded by way too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Cloud Web Hosting

Our Linux cloud web hosting packages come with an IP blocking tool, so in case you would like to restrict the access to your websites, you will be able to do this with just a few mouse clicks. The tool is included with the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with all accounts and which is a breeze to use. Once you log in and visit the IP blocking section, you'll just have to pick a domain or a subdomain hosted inside the account and type in the IP address that needs to be blocked. Our system will allow you to block entire networks too, so if you type 123.123.123., for instance, this shall block all IP addresses between 123.123.123.1 and 123.123.123.255 from accessing your websites. If you would like to whitelist an IP at some point, you may unblock it with a mouse click from the same section.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our semi-dedicated packages, will allow you to solve the problem with unwanted traffic very easily. It features an IP blocking tool where you can add IP addresses with only several clicks. All domains and subdomains that you have inside the account shall be listed in a drop-down menu, so you only need to pick the one you need and then type in the IP address which needs to be blocked. If you would like to block a whole range, a C-class network for instance, you just need to enter the first three octets of the IP and leave the last one blank. This will block all 254 addresses, so you shall not need to type them manually. Since all the IPs you add in this section shall be listed, you could easily unblock any of them by clicking the Delete button associated with the particular IP.