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scsa20, thanks a lot for your reply. It's very useful to know that. I consider my post resolved now. But I cannot mark it myself. All the best!

One last question, please: Does/can it ever happen that the actual source of the visitor is from a country X, but when I check the country of the ip address I find it is from country Y? In other words, can users fake their actual locations?

ChristophRo, thank you. This looks more like it. I will try to learn ipset, hope it is not complex.

In addition, one may need to block IP addresses from a certain country, not the country - some visitors might be genuine or useful, for example, Google from USA

scsa20, thank you for your reply. I will try changing the database to Maxmind. You mentioned "The other method is utilizing ModSecurit ..", but it looks like the same as blocking countries in Plesk's firewall, isn't it? And if one is to use IP addresses instead of countries, each address has...

Hello, I'm getting very suspicious visits from a large number of IP addresses - something like 3000 - 4000 on a daily basis. I've considered the following options: .htaccess is an option, but I am advised against it because it slows the website due to processing overhead Plesk Firewall...

Resolved, thanks a million :)

Thanks a ton :)

My apologies, am a complete newbie at this. I couldn't find an extension on the displayed page. Whn "extensions" is clicked a list of many items are displayed.

Thanks, Kaspar. Inside Plesk > Security > Firewall I see a list "Allow incoming from all". I cannot change them when clicked. Where do I find the extension, please?

Hi, I am having a DDoS attack from IP addresses in Vietnam - 100,000 and more. The IP addresses keep changing. What is the quickest way to block ALL IP addresses. htaccess is not useful, as I have to enter each one. I am not good at this kind of thing. Please advise. PS: I use Plesk...

Kaspar, Thank you. Plesk is a great help, I cannot do without, as I use the commands (from root) on a daily basis. I asked the original question out of complete ignorance. One provider doesn't charge me for the "Web Admin Edition", the other one does. So, I wrongly assumed that the "Web...

Hello, Peter, again :) Thank you for the suggestion. I will keep that in mind should I look for an alternative provider.

Thank you very much for the information. Actually, I have a VPS with each, but the other "free" Plesk Admin host is much bigger as a company. Perhaps that is the reason.

MarkM, Many thanks for your reply. I can use Plesk with the other webhost without paying anything, I just wondered why!