One of the most reliable ways to limit the access to your website is to block the IP addresses of those that mustn't be able to open it. There are many reasons why you should do this. For instance, you may want a particular individual not to be able to see your website, or you may restrict the access for an entire nation. You can even block IP addresses in case you notice that there are too many web browser requests from them, if a large number of spam comments are left within your Internet sites or if a script login page has been loaded a large number of times. In each of these scenarios, the traffic is most probably fake and has been created 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 steer clear of the prospect of your web server getting overloaded by too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with us and you want to block one or a number of IP addresses, you could use the IP Blocking tool, that is integrated into our in-house built Hepsia CP. Through a rather simple interface, you could prevent any IP from accessing your content even if you have never had a web hosting account before. All it requires to complete this is to log inside to your CP, to visit the IP Blocking section, to pick a certain domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to input the IP address. You won't need to do anything difficult if you want to block an entire 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 entire range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs shall be listed inside the very same section, so you shall be able to remove any of them from the blacklist with a click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server accounts come with a quite simple-to-use IP blocking tool, that will allow you to prohibit individual IPs or even entire networks from accessing your Internet sites with simplya couple of clicks and you won't have any problems to achieve that even if this is your first hosting account. Once you check out the IP Blocking section of the Hepsia Control Panel, you will simply have to choose the domain or subdomain in question from a drop-down list, then type in the IP address within a box that you will see there and you will be good to go. To restrict the access for a whole network, you must leave one or more octets blank. For instance, if you input 123.123. and don't input anything inside 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.