Greetings all! As many of you may recall, I assumed responsibility of StevesPages after Steve passed away, so as not to have the website perish. It is still alive and well.
I am writing this today as an FYI that I am making some changes there in admirable traffic. Of late I have found many from around the world attempting to download the entire site, leading me to make some pretty dramatic changes in the form of network blocking at the firewall. These blocks encompass up to class B networks (approx 64000 IPs in single line filters) and any Arab countries. Last week I noticed a good deal of traffic from Palestine and though it was not an attempt in this case to grab the whole site, I don't want a militant group stumbling across (for example) a cache of old Russian arms and getting info/manuals on getting them working against Israel or even our guys on the ground somewhere.
So this message is to let you all know that if you use StevesPages and find the site inaccessible, it may be due to these blocks I've implemented. If this happens, I encourage you to write me and I will open a hole for you that you may still use the site!
As always I am available at [email protected] and do not want to block legitimate users of the site as this is certainly a possibility with the type of blocking I am implementing.
The website has grown to 48 GB with the constant addition of manuals and diagrams that users submit frequently. I had planned on working up and posting more load data but tasks here and time have made it so that I almost don't load anymore and in fact have only been out shooting 3 times in the last two years. But manuals keep pouring in, which is good. In addition to the old menu system Steve was using, I have a new "folder" that is browser and sorted by manufacturer.
With this said, I hope all are well and having a blast!
Chris Hayes, www.stevespages.com
I am writing this today as an FYI that I am making some changes there in admirable traffic. Of late I have found many from around the world attempting to download the entire site, leading me to make some pretty dramatic changes in the form of network blocking at the firewall. These blocks encompass up to class B networks (approx 64000 IPs in single line filters) and any Arab countries. Last week I noticed a good deal of traffic from Palestine and though it was not an attempt in this case to grab the whole site, I don't want a militant group stumbling across (for example) a cache of old Russian arms and getting info/manuals on getting them working against Israel or even our guys on the ground somewhere.
So this message is to let you all know that if you use StevesPages and find the site inaccessible, it may be due to these blocks I've implemented. If this happens, I encourage you to write me and I will open a hole for you that you may still use the site!
As always I am available at [email protected] and do not want to block legitimate users of the site as this is certainly a possibility with the type of blocking I am implementing.
The website has grown to 48 GB with the constant addition of manuals and diagrams that users submit frequently. I had planned on working up and posting more load data but tasks here and time have made it so that I almost don't load anymore and in fact have only been out shooting 3 times in the last two years. But manuals keep pouring in, which is good. In addition to the old menu system Steve was using, I have a new "folder" that is browser and sorted by manufacturer.
With this said, I hope all are well and having a blast!
Chris Hayes, www.stevespages.com