IP Blocking
What is IP blocking and what does it mean for website visitors? In which cases is it handy?
One of the most effective ways to limit the access to your Internet site is to block the IP addresses of those that shouldn't be able to open it. There are numerous good reasons to do that. As an illustration, you may want a certain individual not to be able to see your site, or you can limit the access for an entire country. You could also block IP addresses in case you discover that there are too many web browser requests from them, if a huge number of spam comments are left on your Internet sites or if a script login page has been loaded a lot of times. In any of these cases, the traffic is almost certainly fake and has been created by an automatic bot, so you may safely block any suspicious IP address, so as to be on the safe side. This way, you will also stay away from the chance of your server getting overloaded by way too many fake requests.
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IP Blocking in Shared Web Hosting
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shared web hosting plans include an IP blocking tool, so in case you would like to restrict the access to your sites, it shall be able to do this with just a couple of mouse clicks. The tool is part of the Hepsia hosting CP, 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 in the account and enter the IP address which should be blocked. Our system enables you to block whole networks as well, so if you type in 123.123.123., for instance, this'll block all IP addresses between 123.123.123.1 and 123.123.123.255 from accessing your sites. In case you want to whitelist an IP at some point, you can unblock it with simply a click from the same section.