| What is IP Deny Manager? The IP Deny Manager will allow you to block a range of IP addresses to prevent them from accessing your site. You can also enter a fully qualified domain name, and the IP Deny Manager will attempt to resolve it to an IP address for you.
Adding IP Addresses
1. Enter the IP Address or domain name you want to prevent from accessing your web site in the "IP Address or Domain" text box.
Note: You can specify denied IP adresses in the fllowing formats:
2. Click on the "Add" button.
3. You will see the following confirmation:
If you entered an IP Address, you will see... "Users from the IP address(s) IP_ADDRESS will not be able to access your site."
If you entered a domain name, you will see... "DOMAIN was resolved to the ip address IP_ADDRESS. Users from the IP address(s) IP_ADDRESS will not be able to access your site."
4. Click on the "Go Back" link.
5. When the page loads, you will see a table with your added IP addresses containing the following information, split into four columns:
Removing IP Addresses
If you want to remove an IP Address, cPanel has a built-in feature that will allow you to easily delete any IP Addresses you have previously created.
1. Assuming you have added an IP Address or IP Range, view the "Current IP addresses being blocked" table as described in Step 5 of the "Adding IP Addresses" section at the top of this document.
2. Find the IP Address you want to delete in the table.
3. Next, click on the "Remove" link in the "Actions" column.
4. When the page loads, click on the "Yes" button.
5. The next page will state "The IP address IP_ADDRESS will now be able to access your site." |