One of the most efficient ways to limit the access to your site is to block the IP addresses of those that should not be able to open it. There are several reasons why you should do this. For example, you may want a specific person not to be able to see your website, or you may restrict the access for an entire nation. You can also block IP addresses if you discover that there are too many browser requests from them, if a lot of spam comments are left on your websites or if a script login page has been loaded a lot of times. In any of these scenarios, the traffic is most likely fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you could safely block any suspicious IP address, to be on the safe side. That way, you shall also stay away from the prospect of your hosting server getting overloaded by many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Shared Hosting

If you have a shared hosting account with our company and you wish to block one or a few IP addresses, you could use the IP Blocking tool, that's integrated into our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. By using a really simple interface, you could prevent any IP from accessing your content even if you have never had a web hosting account before. All it takes to complete this is to log within to your CP, to navigate to the IP Blocking section, to choose a particular domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to input the IP address. You simply won't need to do anything challenging if you would 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 shall block the whole range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs will be listed within the exact same section, so you will be able to remove any one of them from the blacklist with only a click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you host your websites inside a semi-dedicated server account with us and you wish to block one or several IP addresses eventually, you'll be able to benefit from the easy-to-use blocking tool, which we have supplied with our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With simply a couple of clicks, you shall be able to block certain IPs or entire ranges, if necessary. All you will need to do is pick any one 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 Internet site, and then type the IP address you want to block. For an IP range, you simply need to omit the last octet or the last 2 octets of the address depending on the size of the network you want to block. All of the addresses that you have restricted shall be listed inside the very same section and if you want to whitelist any of them, you will be able to do it with just a click anytime.