One of the most productive methods to restrict the access to your site is to block the IP addresses of the people that shouldn't be able to open it. There are numerous reasons to do that. For example, you may want a specific person not to be able to see your site, or you can limit the access for a whole state. You can even block IP addresses in case you detect that there are lots of web browser requests from them, if a lot of spam comments are left in your Internet sites or if a script login page has been loaded a lot of times. In each of these scenarios, the traffic is more than likely fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you could safely block any suspicious IP address, in order to be on the safe side. That way, you shall also steer clear of the chance of your hosting server getting overloaded by many fake requests.

IP Blocking in Shared Website Hosting

If you have a shared website hosting account with us and you want to block one or a number of IP addresses, you could use the IP Blocking tool, that is incorporated into our in-house built Hepsia CP. Through a really 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 that is to log inside to your Control Panel, to check out the IP Blocking section, to choose a certain domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to enter the IP address. You simply won't have to do anything complex if you want to block a whole network - you will simply have to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot shall block the full range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs shall be listed inside the same section, so you shall be able to remove any one of them from the blacklist with simply a click.