One of the most effective methods to restrict the access to your website is to block the IP addresses of those that shouldn't be able to open it. There are several good reasons to do that. For instance, you may want a specific individual not to be able to see your website, or you could limit the access for an entire state. You can even block IP addresses if you discover that there are way too many Internet browser requests from them, if a lot of spam comments are left on your websites or if a script login page has been loaded many times. In each of these scenarios, the traffic is most probably fake and has been produced by an automatic bot, so you can safely block any shady IP address, to be on the safe side. That way, you'll also steer clear of the chance of your web server getting overloaded by many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Website Hosting

Our Linux website hosting feature an IP blocking tool, so if you would like to restrict the access to your Internet sites, it shall be able to do this with just a couple of clicks. The tool is included with the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with all accounts and which is quite simple to use. As soon as you log in and navigate to the IP blocking section, you will just need to pick a domain or a subdomain hosted in the account and input the IP address which should be blocked. Our system enables you to block entire networks also, so if you input 123.123.123., for example, this will block all IP addresses between 123.123.123.1 and 123.123.123.255 from accessing your sites. In case you would like to whitelist an IP at some point, you may unblock it with a mouse click from the same section.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, will allow you to solve the matter with unwanted traffic very quickly and easily. It incorporates an IP blocking tool where you may add IP addresses with just a couple of clicks. All domains and subdomains which you have within the account will be listed in a drop-down menu, so you just have to select the one you need and then type the IP address which needs to be blocked. If you would like to block a whole range, a C-class network for example, you just have to type in the first three octets of the IP and leave the last one blank. That will block all 254 addresses, so you will not need to input them by hand. Because all the IPs you include in this section shall be listed, you may effortlessly unblock any one of them by clicking the Delete button related to the given IP.