One of the most productive methods to limit the access to your website is to block the IP addresses of those which must not be able to open it. There are numerous reasons why you should do that. For instance, you may want a certain person not to be able to see your website, or you may restrict the access for a whole state. You may also block IP addresses in case you notice that there are lots of Internet browser requests from them, if a lot of spam comments are left within your sites or if a script login page has been loaded numerous times. In any of these situations, the traffic is almost certainly fake and has been generated by an automatic bot, so you could safely block any shady IP address, to be on the safe side. This way, you will also avoid the prospect of your server getting overloaded by way too many fake requests.
IP Blocking in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting account with us and you would like to block one or a number of IP addresses, you may use the IP Blocking tool, that is integrated into our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel. Through a very 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 do this is to log within to your CP, to go to the IP Blocking section, to pick a particular domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to input the IP address. You'll not need to do anything difficult if you want to block an entire network - you'll simply have to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot will block the entire range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs shall be listed in the very same section, so you shall be able to remove any one of them from the blacklist with a mouse click.
IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers
You will be able to block IP addresses easily and stop the unwanted traffic to any website hosted within a semi-dedicated server account with us, considering the fact that we offer you a rather easy-to-use tool to do that, that's our Hepsia hosting Control Panel. Even if you have never tackled such issues in the past, you won't have any difficulties, since our tool provides a very user-friendly interface. As soon as you check out the IP blocking section of the Control Panel, you shall find a comprehensive list of all the domains and subdomains that you've added inside the Hosted Domains section. What you need to do to block an IP address is select the desired domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and type the IP in the box below. The change will take effect immediately, so you'll not get any traffic from this address in the future. Removing an IP from the blocked list is equally quick.