One of the most efficient ways 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 many reasons why you should do this. As an illustration, you may want a specific individual not to be able to see your Internet site, or you could restrict the access for a whole nation. You can also block IP addresses if you detect that there are too many browser requests from them, if a lot of spam comments are left on your sites or if a script login page has been loaded a lot of times. In all of these cases, the traffic is most likely fake and has been generated by an automatic bot, so you could safely block any questionable IP address, so as to be on the safe side. Thus, you shall also steer clear of the prospect of your web server getting overloaded by way too many fake requests.
IP Blocking in Shared Web Hosting
If you buy a Linux shared web hosting plan from our company, you shall be able to see comprehensive traffic stats for all your Internet sites and if you notice that a lot of the visits to each of them aren't legit, you could block the IP addresses that have generated the most traffic through our IP Blocking tool. The interface is quite simple - pick the needed domain or subdomain from a drop-down list, then enter the IP address that you'd like to block and save the change. All the addresses which you have blacklisted will show up inside the same exact section of the Control Panel, allowing you to always remove any one of them and enable it to access your site again. You could block entire IP ranges using the tool too - you simply need to leave 1 or 2 octets from the address blank. For instance, entering 1.2.3. will block all 254 IPs from 1.2.3.1 to 1.2.3.255.
IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers
You'll be able to block IP addresses effortlessly and stop the unwelcome traffic to any Internet site hosted inside a semi-dedicated server account with us, as we offer you a very easy-to-use tool to do that, which is included with our Hepsia hosting CP. Even if you haven't dealt with this sort of matters in the past, you'll not have any difficulties, as our tool provides a very user-friendly interface. When you visit the IP blocking section of the Control Panel, you'll find a complete list of all the domains and subdomains that you have added in the Hosted Domains section. All you need to do to block an IP address is choose the needed domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and type the IP within the box below. The change shall take effect straightaway, so you'll not get any traffic from this address in the future. Removing an IP from the blocked list is equally easy.