One of the most productive ways to restrict the access to your website is to block the IP addresses of the individuals which shouldn't be able to open it. There are several reasons why you should do that. For example, you may want a particular person not to be able to see your website, or you could limit the access for a whole nation. You could also block IP addresses in case you notice that there are too many web browser requests from them, if a large number of spam comments are left within your sites or if a script login page has been loaded a large number of times. In each of these scenarios, the traffic is most probably fake and has been produced by an automatic bot, so you can safely block any questionable IP address, so as to be on the safe side. Thus, you will also steer clear of the chance of your server getting overloaded by a lot of fake requests.
IP Blocking in Shared Website Hosting
If you have a shared website hosting account with our company and you would like to block one or a number of IP addresses, you may use the IP Blocking tool, that's included in our in-house built Hepsia CP. By using a pretty simple interface, you could prevent any IP from accessing your content even if you have not had a web hosting account before. All it requires to complete that is to log inside to your CP, to visit the IP Blocking section, to choose a specific domain or subdomain from a drop-down menu and then to input the IP address. You won't need to do anything complex if you would like to block a whole network - you will simply have to omit the last octet, so entering 1.1.1. with a blank space after the last dot will block the whole range from 1.1.1.1 to 1.1.1.255. All blocked IPs will be listed in the same section, so you shall be able to remove any of them from the blacklist with just a click.