One of the most productive approaches to restrict the access to your website is to block the IP addresses of those which should not be able to open it. There are several reasons to do this. As an illustration, you may want a certain individual not to be able to see your site, or you could restrict the access for a whole state. You may also block IP addresses in case you notice that there are way too many Internet 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 numerous times. In all of these scenarios, the traffic is most likely fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you could safely block any shady IP address, so as to be on the safe side. Thus, you shall also prevent the possibility of your server getting overloaded by too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Cloud Hosting

Our Linux cloud hosting plans offer an IP blocking tool, so in case you would like to limit the access to your websites, it shall be able to do so with simply several mouse clicks. The tool is part of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with all accounts and which is very easy to use. Once you log in and go to the IP blocking section, you'll just need to select a domain or a subdomain hosted in the account and enter the IP address that needs to be blocked. Our system will allow you to block whole networks as well, so if you type in 123.123.123., for example, this'll block all IP addresses between 123.123.123.1 and 123.123.123.255 from accessing your sites. In case you wish to whitelist an IP at some point, you'll be able to unblock it with just a click from the same section.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your sites in a semi-dedicated server account with our company and you need to block one or several IP addresses sooner or later, you can use the easy-to-use blocking tool, which we have provided with our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP. With simply a few mouse clicks, you will be able to block particular IPs or whole ranges, if necessary. All you will have to do is choose any one of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, choose if the blocking should be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder that's part of the Internet site, and then type in the IP address that you want to block. For an IP range, you simply need to omit the last octet or the last two octets of the address in accordance with the size of the network which you want to block. All the addresses that you've restricted will be listed within the same exact section and if you wish to whitelist any of them, you shall be able to do it with just a click anytime.