One of the most efficient approaches to restrict the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of those which mustn't be able to open it. There are several reasons why you should do that. For example, you may want a particular person not to be able to see your site, or you can restrict the access for an entire state. You could also block IP addresses if you notice that there are lots of web browser requests from them, if a huge number of spam comments are left within your Internet sites or if a script login page has been loaded many times. In all of these situations, the traffic is almost certainly fake and has been produced by an automatic bot, so you may safely block any shady IP address, to be on the safe side. This way, you'll also stay away from the chance of your server getting overloaded by too many fake requests.
IP Blocking in Hosting
Our IP Blocking tool is part of the ground breaking Hepsia hosting Control Panel, offered with all hosting accounts. It shall permit you to block addresses with just several mouse clicks. No coding abilities are needed, because you will use an intuitive interface - you just need to pick a domain or a subdomain from a drop-down menu and input the IP address you want to be blocked. You shall be able to see all the IP addresses that you have added in the very same section and whitelisting each of them shall take just a click. If you notice your Internet site is being flooded by different IPs, you shall be able to block a whole IP range also. This could be performed by omitting the last number of the address. For example, if you need to block all 254 addresses from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255, you just have to type in 1.1.1. and leave the last spot blank .
IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you host your websites inside a semi-dedicated server account with us and you would like to block one or numerous IP addresses eventually, you can leverage the easy-to-use blocking tool, that we've provided with our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP. With only several clicks, you will be able to block individual IPs or entire ranges, if needed. All you will have to do is select any of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, decide if the blocking must be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder that's part of the site, and then type the IP address that you want to block. For an IP range, you just have to omit the last octet or the last 2 octets of the address depending on the size of the network you want to block. Each of the addresses you have restricted shall be listed inside the exact same section and if you want to whitelist any of them, you shall be able to do it with simply a click at any time.