One of the most efficient methods to restrict the access to your website is to block the IP addresses of the people that should not be able to open it. There are numerous reasons why you should do this. As an illustration, you may want a specific person not to be able to see your website, or you could restrict the access for a whole nation. You could also block IP addresses if you notice that there are lots of Internet browser requests from them, if a huge number of spam comments are left within your websites or if a script login page has been loaded numerous times. In each of these scenarios, the traffic is more than likely fake and has been generated by an automatic bot, so you may safely block any suspicious IP address, so as to be on the safe side. Thus, you shall also steer clear of the prospect of your server getting overloaded by many fake requests.
IP Blocking in Shared Website Hosting
If you have a shared website hosting account with us and you wish to block one or a number of IP addresses, you may use the IP Blocking tool, which is integrated into our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. Through a rather simple interface, you can prevent 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 inside to your Control Panel, to check out the IP Blocking section, to pick a specific domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to type in the IP address. You will not need to do anything complicated if you want to block a whole network - you will just have to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot will block the full range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs will be listed in the very same section, so you shall be able to remove any one of them from the blacklist with simply a click.
IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated server accounts feature a really simple-to-use IP blocking tool, which will enable you to prohibit individual IPs or even whole networks from accessing your websites with onlya couple of clicks and you won't have any difficulties to do that even if that's your first website hosting account. Once you go to the IP Blocking section of the Hepsia Control Panel, you'll only need to pick the domain or subdomain you want from a drop-down list, then input the IP address in a box which you'll see there and you will be all set. To limit the access for a whole network, you will need to leave one or more octets blank. For instance, if you enter 123.123. and do not enter anything inside the third and fourth positions, our hosting server shall deny requests from all IP addresses between 123.123.1.1 and 123.123.255.255.