If you notice a considerable increase in the online traffic to your Internet site and in case after you look at the visitor statistics it turns out that it comes from places across the world or from other servers, your site is most likely being attacked by an automatic bot. These pieces of software go through random websites seeking to log in to their admin area by using a brute-force attack or to leave spam comments underneath any sort of article where this sort of an option is offered. Regrettably, that is something relatively common these days, 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 site in any way. Needless to say, you may block IPs even if you allow only people from certain countries to access your site.

IP Blocking in Cloud Website Hosting

Our Linux cloud website hosting come with an IP blocking tool, so in case you want to limit the access to your sites, you will be able to do so with a few clicks. The tool is part of the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with all accounts and that is quite simple to use. As you log in and visit the IP blocking section, you shall just need to pick a domain or a subdomain hosted within the account and type in the IP address which should be blocked. Our system will permit you to block entire networks also, so if you enter 123.123.123., for instance, this will block all IP addresses between 123.123.123.1 and 123.123.123.255 from accessing your Internet sites. In case you want to whitelist an IP at some point, you could unblock it with just a click from the same section.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our semi-dedicated servers, will permit you to solve the problem with unwanted traffic very easily and quickly. It includes an IP blocking tool in which you can add IP addresses with just a few mouse clicks. All domains and subdomains which you have inside the account shall be listed in a drop-down menu, so you only have to pick the one you need and then enter the IP address that has to be blocked. If you want to block a whole range, a C-class network for instance, you just have to type the first three octets of the IP and leave the last one blank. This will block all 254 addresses, so you shall not have to type them by hand. As all the IPs that you add in this section will be listed, you may easily unblock any of them by clicking the Delete button associated with the particular IP.