One of the most reliable methods to limit the access to your website is to block the IP addresses of the people that shouldn't be able to open it. There are numerous reasons why you should do this. As an example, you may want a particular individual not to be able to see your site, or you could restrict the access for a whole nation. You may also block IP addresses if you notice that there are lots of web browser requests from them, if a large number of spam comments are left in your sites or if a script login page has been loaded a large number of times. In all of these situations, the traffic is more than likely fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you may safely block any questionable IP address, to be on the safe side. This way, you'll also avoid the possibility of your web server getting overloaded by a lot of fake requests.
IP Blocking in Cloud Web Hosting
Our Linux cloud web hosting feature an IP blocking tool, so in case you want to limit the access to your sites, you will be able to do so with just several clicks. The tool is provided with the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with all accounts and that is very easy to use. As soon as you log in and visit the IP blocking section, you shall just have to choose a domain or a subdomain hosted in the account and type the IP address that needs to be blocked. Our system will enable you to block entire networks too, so if you type 123.123.123., for example, this'll block all IP addresses between 123.123.123.1 and 123.123.123.255 from accessing your websites. In case you wish to whitelist an IP at some point, you'll be able to unblock it with simply a mouse click from the same section.
IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting CP, provided with our Linux semi-dedicated plans, will permit you to solve the issue with unwanted traffic very quickly and easily. It comes with an IP blocking tool where you could add IP addresses with only several clicks. All domains and subdomains you have inside the account will be listed in a drop-down menu, so you just need to choose the one you need and then type in the IP address which needs to be blocked. If you would like to block a whole range, a C-class network for instance, you just need to type in the first 3 octets of the IP and leave the last one blank. This will block all 254 addresses, so you'll not need to input them manually. Since all the IPs you add in this section will be listed, you may quickly unblock any one of them by clicking the Delete button related to the given IP.