One of the most effective ways to restrict the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of those which must not be able to open it. There are several reasons why you should do this. For instance, you may want a certain person not to be able to see your site, or you may restrict the access for a whole nation. You can also block IP addresses in case you detect that there are lots of Internet browser requests from them, if many spam comments are left on your websites or if a script login page has been loaded a large number of times. In each of these situations, the traffic is most probably fake and has been produced by an automatic bot, so you can safely block any questionable IP address, in order to be on the safe side. That way, you will also prevent the possibility of your server getting overloaded by many fake requests.
IP Blocking in Website Hosting
If you have a website hosting account with our company and you wish to block one or several IP addresses, you can use the IP Blocking tool, that's included in our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. Through a really simple interface, you can stop any IP from accessing your content even if you have never had a web hosting account before. All it requires to complete that is to log in to your CP, to go to the IP Blocking section, to choose a specific domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to input the IP address. You shall not need to do anything difficult if you wish to block a whole network - you will simply have to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot shall block the full range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs will be listed in the exact same section, so you will be able to remove any of them from the blacklist with only a mouse click.
IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you host your sites within a semi-dedicated server account with our company and you need to block one or numerous IP addresses sooner or later, you'll be able to benefit from the easy-to-use blocking tool, that we've included in our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP. With just a couple of mouse clicks, you shall be able to block certain IPs or entire ranges, if required. All you will have to do is select any one of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, select if the blocking should be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder that is part of the Internet site, and then enter the IP address that you'd like to block. For an IP range, you just need to omit the last octet or the last 2 octets of the address in accordance with the size of the network that you want to block. All of the addresses you have restricted shall be listed inside the very same section and if you wish to whitelist any one of them, you'll be able to do it with just a click anytime.