One of the most effective methods to restrict the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of the people which mustn't be able to open it. There are several good reasons to do that. For example, you may want a particular individual not to be able to see your website, or you can restrict the access for an entire nation. You can even block IP addresses in case you notice that there are lots of Internet browser requests from them, if a large number of spam comments are left within your websites or if a script login page has been loaded many times. In any of these cases, the traffic is more than likely fake and has been generated by an automatic bot, so you may safely block any questionable IP address, so as to be on the safe side. That way, you'll also stay away from the prospect of your server getting overloaded by way too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting account with our company and you would like to block one or several IP addresses, you can use the IP Blocking tool, that's integrated into our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. Using a really simple interface, you are able to restrict any IP from accessing your content even if you have not had a web hosting account before. All it requires to do this is to log in to your Control Panel, to visit the IP Blocking section, to select a specific domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to type in the IP address. You simply won't need to do anything complicated if you wish to block an entire network - you'll simply have to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot shall block the entire range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs shall be listed within the same section, so you will be able to remove any one of them from the blacklist with just a click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your websites inside a semi-dedicated server account with our company and you want to block one or a number of IP addresses eventually, you could benefit from the easy-to-use blocking tool, that we have provided with our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With simply a couple of clicks, you will be able to block certain IPs or whole ranges, if needed. All you'll have to do is choose any of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, decide if the blocking must be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder which is part of the website, and then enter the IP address that you'd like to block. For an IP range, you simply have to omit the last octet or the last two octets of the address in accordance with the size of the network which you want to block. All the addresses that you have restricted will be listed inside the exact same section and if you wish to whitelist any one of them, you'll be able to do it with a mouse click at any time.