One of the most efficient approaches to limit the access to your website is to block the IP addresses of those that shouldn't be able to open it. There are several reasons why you should do that. As an example, you may want a specific individual not to be able to see your Internet site, or you may restrict the access for a whole state. You may also block IP addresses in case you notice that there are too many browser requests from them, if a lot of spam comments are left within your 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 could safely block any questionable IP address, to be on the safe side. This way, you shall also prevent the possibility of your web server getting overloaded by way too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Shared Hosting

If you have a shared hosting account with our company and you would like to block one or a few IP addresses, you can use the IP Blocking tool, that's included in 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 never had a web hosting account before. All it takes to perform this is to log within to your CP, to check out the IP Blocking section, to pick a certain domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to enter the IP address. You simply won't need to do anything complicated if you'd like to block a whole network - you'll just have 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 shall be listed within the exact same section, so you'll be able to remove any of them from the blacklist with simply a mouse click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts feature a quite simple-to-use IP blocking tool, which will permit you to prohibit individual IPs or even whole networks from accessing your websites with simplya few clicks and you shall not have any issues to do that even if this is your first website hosting account. When you visit the IP Blocking section of the Hepsia CP, you will simply have to choose the domain or subdomain in question from a drop-down list, then type the IP address in a box which you'll see there and you will be good to go. To prohibit the access for an entire network, you must leave one or more octets blank. For example, if you type in 123.123. and don't enter anything in the third and fourth positions, our web server shall deny requests from all IP addresses between 123.123.1.1 and 123.123.255.255.