In case you notice a large increase in the traffic to your Internet site and if after you examine the visitor statistics it turns out that it comes from places across the world or from other web servers, your site is probably being attacked by an automatic bot. These programs go through random Internet sites looking to log in to their admin area by using a brute-force attack or to leave spam comments under any sort of article where this kind of an option is offered. However, that's something quite common nowadays, but if you know the IP addresses through which the attacks come, you can 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 website.

IP Blocking in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting account with us and you want to block one or several IP addresses, you can use the IP Blocking tool, which is incorporated into our in-house built Hepsia CP. Using a really simple interface, you'll be able to prevent any IP from accessing your content even if you have never had a web hosting account before. All it takes to complete this is to log in to your CP, to visit the IP Blocking section, to pick a particular domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to enter the IP address. You will not have to do anything difficult if you wish to block a whole network - you'll simply have to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot will block the full range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs will be listed inside the same exact section, so you shall be able to remove any one of them from the blacklist with only a mouse click.

IP Blocking in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, provided with our semi-dedicated hosting service, will enable you to solve the issue with unwanted traffic very quickly and easily. It features an IP blocking tool in which you may add IP addresses with a few clicks. All domains and subdomains that you have in the account shall be listed in a drop-down menu, so you just have to pick the one you need and then type the IP address that needs to be blocked. If you want to block an entire range, a C-class network for example, you simply need to type the first 3 octets of the IP and leave the last one blank. That shall block all 254 addresses, so you shall not need to input them manually. Because all the IPs that you include in this section will be listed, you could effortlessly unblock any one of them by clicking the Delete button related to the particular IP.