One of the most productive ways to limit the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of the people which must not be able to open it. There are numerous reasons why you should do this. For example, you may want a particular person not to be able to see your website, or you could limit the access for an entire nation. You can even block IP addresses if you notice that there are way too many browser requests from them, if a huge number of spam comments are left on your websites or if a script login page has been loaded numerous times. In any of these situations, the traffic is most likely fake and has been generated by an automatic bot, so you can safely block any shady IP address, so as to be on the safe side. Thus, you will also stay away from the chance of your hosting server getting overloaded by a lot of fake requests.

IP Blocking in Shared Hosting

Our Linux shared hosting offer an IP blocking tool, so in case you'd like to limit the access to your Internet sites, you'll be able to do so with just several clicks. The tool is provided with the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with all accounts and that's super easy to use. As you log in and navigate to the IP blocking section, you shall just need to select a domain or a subdomain hosted inside the account and input the IP address that should be blocked. Our system will enable you to block entire networks too, so if you type 123.123.123., for example, this'll block all IP addresses between 123.123.123.1 and 123.123.123.255 from accessing your websites. If you wish to whitelist an IP at some point, you can unblock it with just a click from the same section.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with our Linux semi-dedicated servers, will enable you to solve the matter with unwanted traffic very easily and quickly. It features an IP blocking tool in which you can add IP addresses with just a couple of mouse clicks. All domains and subdomains which you have in the account shall be listed in a drop-down menu, so you only need to select the one you need and then type in the IP address that needs to be blocked. If you want to block a whole range, a C-class network for instance, you simply need to type the first 3 octets of the IP and leave the last one blank. That shall block all 254 addresses, so you will not have to type them manually. Since all the IPs which you include in this section shall be listed, you may quickly unblock any one of them by clicking the Delete button relevant to the particular IP.