In case you notice a major increase in the traffic to your site and if after you check the visitor statistics it turns out that it comes from areas across the globe or from other web servers, your website is most likely being attacked by an automatic bot. These programs go through random Internet sites looking to log in to their administrator area using a brute-force attack or to leave spam comments underneath any article where this type of an option is offered. Unfortunately, this is something quite common in recent times, but if you know the IP addresses from which the attacks come, you can block them, so the bots will be unable to access your Internet site in any way. Of course, you may block IPs even if you allow only people from specific countries to access your site.

IP Blocking in Cloud Website Hosting

Our Linux cloud website hosting offer an IP blocking tool, so in case you want to limit the access to your websites, it shall be able to do so with simply a couple of mouse clicks. The tool is part of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with all accounts and which is super easy to use. As you log in and visit the IP blocking section, you'll just have to pick a domain or a subdomain hosted inside the account and enter the IP address that should be blocked. Our system allows you to block whole networks as well, so if you enter 123.123.123., for example, this will block all IP addresses between 123.123.123.1 and 123.123.123.255 from accessing your websites. If you wish to whitelist an IP at some point, you can unblock it with just a click from the same section.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, included with our Linux semi-dedicated hosting, will permit you to solve the challenge with unwanted traffic very easily and quickly. It incorporates an IP blocking tool where you may add IP addresses with several clicks. All domains and subdomains you have inside the account will be listed in a drop-down menu, so you only have to pick the one you need and then input the IP address that needs to be blocked. If you would like to block an entire range, a C-class network for instance, you simply need to type the first three octets of the IP and leave the last one blank. This shall block all 254 addresses, so you shall not need to type in them by hand. Because all the IPs that you add in this section will be listed, you could effortlessly unblock any one of them by clicking the Delete button associated with the given IP.