In case you notice a big increase in the traffic to your site and in case after you check the visitor statistics it turns out that it comes from areas all over the world or from other web servers, your website is more than likely being attacked by an automatic bot. Such programs go through random Internet sites seeking to log in to their admin area using a brute-force attack or to leave spam comments under any article where this sort of an option is provided. However, that's something rather popular in recent times, but if you know the IP addresses through which the attacks come, you may block them, so the bots will be unable to access your Internet site in any way. Certainly, you are able to block IPs even if you allow only people from specific countries to access your site.

IP Blocking in Website Hosting

If you have a 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 included in our in-house built Hepsia CP. Using a rather 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 complete this is to log in to your CP, to visit the IP Blocking section, to select a particular domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to enter the IP address. You'll not need to do anything challenging if you want to block an entire network - you will just 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 in the exact same section, so you'll be able to remove any one of them from the blacklist with a click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you host your sites inside a semi-dedicated server account with our company and you want to block one or a number of IP addresses eventually, you may take advantage of the easy-to-use blocking tool, which we've included in our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel. With simply a few clicks, you'll be able to block certain IPs or entire ranges, if necessary. All you will need to do is choose any of your domains or subdomains from a drop-down menu, select if the blocking should be valid for the root folder or for a subfolder which is part of the website, and then type the IP address you want to block. For an IP range, you only need to omit the last octet or the last two octets of the address in accordance with the size of the network which you want to block. All of the addresses that you've restricted will be listed in the exact same section and if you want to whitelist any of them, you shall be able to do it with a mouse click at any time.