One of the most effective approaches to limit the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of the individuals that shouldn't be able to open it. There are several reasons why you should do this. As an example, you may want a specific person not to be able to see your site, or you may restrict the access for an entire country. You could also block IP addresses if you discover that there are way too many Internet browser requests from them, if a huge number of spam comments are left on your Internet sites or if a script login page has been loaded many times. In each of these scenarios, the traffic is most likely fake and has been produced by an automatic bot, so you can safely block any shady IP address, so as to be on the safe side. Thus, you shall also steer clear of the prospect of your hosting server getting overloaded by many fake requests.
IP Blocking in Shared Hosting
Our Linux shared hosting feature an IP blocking tool, so in case you would like to restrict the access to your Internet sites, you will be able to do so with just a couple of clicks. The tool is part of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with all accounts and which is super easy to use. As soon as you log in and visit the IP blocking section, you will just have to select a domain or a subdomain hosted in the account and type the IP address that should be blocked. Our system will permit you to block entire networks also, so if you type 123.123.123., for instance, this shall block all IP addresses between 123.123.123.1 and 123.123.123.255 from accessing your sites. In case you want to whitelist an IP at some point, you could unblock it with simply a mouse click from the same section.
IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated server accounts include a really simple-to-use IP blocking tool, that will allow you to prohibit individual IPs or even entire networks from accessing your websites with justa few mouse clicks and you shall not have any troubles to do that even if that is your first website hosting account. Once you check out the IP Blocking section of the Hepsia CP, you'll only need to choose the domain or subdomain in question from a drop-down list, then enter the IP address within a box which you'll see there and you will be all set. To limit the access for a whole network, you must leave one or more octets blank. For instance, if you type 123.123. and don't input anything in the third and fourth positions, our hosting server will deny requests from all IP addresses between 123.123.1.1 and 123.123.255.255.