One of the most productive methods to limit the access to your site is to block the IP addresses of the individuals that mustn't be able to open it. There are many reasons to do this. For example, 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 in case you notice that there are lots of 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 a large number of times. In all of these situations, the traffic is most likely fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you may safely block any suspicious IP address, in order to be on the safe side. In this way, you will also prevent the prospect of your hosting server getting overloaded by way too many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Shared Hosting

Our shared hosting include an IP blocking tool, so in case you want to limit the access to your sites, you will be able to do so with simply several clicks. The tool is part of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with all accounts and that's a breeze to use. As you log in and go to the IP blocking section, you'll just need to pick a domain or a subdomain hosted in the account and enter the IP address which should be blocked. Our system will allow you to block whole networks too, 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 websites. In case you want to whitelist an IP at some point, you'll be able to unblock it with a mouse click from the same section.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You'll be able to block IP addresses effortlessly and stop the unwelcome traffic to any site hosted within a semi-dedicated server account with our company, because we offer you a really easy-to-use tool to do that, which is part of our Hepsia hosting CP. Even if you haven't addressed such problems in the past, you'll not have any difficulties, as our tool has a very user-friendly interface. When you go to the IP blocking section of the Control Panel, you'll find a comprehensive list of all the domains and subdomains you have added in the Hosted Domains section. All you have to do to block an IP address is select the needed domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then input the IP in the box below. The change shall take effect straightaway, so you'll not get any traffic from this address in the future. Taking away an IP from the blocked list is just as uncomplicated.