Has anyone used Steve's page for loading data before? The page is full of useful information but I'm having trouble accessing it now . Can anyone help me please?
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Bavarianbrit
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Great how do I subscribe mate ? Do you have a link or an email address please
Defender 130
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your screenshot is stevespages.com
bavarianbrits link is mail.stevespages.com
worked for me when i clicked it without any problems
chrishayes
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Well Mr Muir... you obviously from this post, don't know, which makes you "not exactly a credible source", but more one who rattles on or (sorry but...) spews incorrect info without doing research. Makes you rather amateurish for posting bad info.
For all who are interested... April 2018 StevesPages came under attack from Iran trying to download the entire site, mainly the military manuals. I caught them in the act, killed their process and firewalled them out. Since they were after military manuals I have a legal obligation to protect that info.
And so, started the process which unfortunately has led to blocking most of the world. 3 years later and the attack attempts have not subsided but have increased in sophistication. Had I not begun this process of firewalling any location responsible, I would have had to take the entire site down some time ago.
So, these a-holes in sandy land are responsible for the now, lack of global access and for the military stuff being gone completely, even to US residents who are subscribers. When this process began the goal was to leave everything open unless I got malicious traffic from the network.
The attacks which started 3 years ago have certainly now gone global. China and Russia topped the charts for a while but are almost entirely blocked now. The blocking has followed bad actors around the globe. You may not realize it but the UK was the LAST place to be affected but these blocks.
So why can't UK residents have subscriptions? Because of the way networks are built. With the firewall I am using I am allowed to block class "B" networks (65,534 "IPs" or computers) or class "C" networks (254 "IPs" or computers). There are 254 class C networks within ONE class B network. So if I am firewalling out miscreants and I leave one tiny class C network open for one legitimate user, I have to build an additional 253 filters around that small subnet. On a global scale, leaving 1 tiny class C open would result in many thousands of additional filters. This work has consumed on average, 80 hours per week for 3 years now and while not yet complete, it is getting very close. Traffic has reduced from about 6,000,000 unique visitors per month down to ~20,000. Again, while this was not the original intent, abuse patterns from around the globe have necessitated it.
While this does not fix the "no access" issue to the site, I hope that now you understand the why. With the hours spent building this firewall config, I have truly lost my life for the last 3 years. I want to go shooting again!
chrishayes
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Ronin, my pleasure! Sorry it took me this long. I have tried to be diligent in tracking down traffic from threads like this but if they aren't real active (or for a while) they can be hard to find.
So the load data was not posted by individuals?~Muir
chrishayes
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NO load data has ever been posted at StevesPages by anyone other than Steve or I. Whatever gave you the idea that Joe Public could just post anything?
Another example of how the Internet is becoming regionalized. The USA, Europe, and China, with a few more subsets in the mix.
I tried to access stevespages through various VPN sites in the USA, but they were all blocked, so I have to say that chrishayes is making a very determined effort to limit access to the website.
I tried to access stevespages through various VPN sites in the USA, but they were all blocked, so I have to say that chrishayes is making a very determined effort to limit access to the website.
No point in having the site then if no one has accsess? Always wondered what happened with it.
That is actually a good point, and I was wondering that myself.
I would interested to hear from chrishayes what the original purpose of putting those manuals and other information on the World Wide Web was, and how that has changed now?
Chris, thankyou for your detailed and unprecedented post, an eye-opener for most of us, I'm sure.I have truly lost my life for the last 3 years. I want to go shooting again!
I'm sorry it was Muir who triggered your wrath, however, as there are few members (perhaps no members) on here with as much firearms knowledge. But Muir is well up to fighting his own corner so I'll leave that there.
My own view is simply that it may be time to take stock of your stress levels and ask yourself whether you want to spend the next three, or however many more, years fighting a solitary cyber war, or whether you would rather spend them going shooting, or making more variedly rewarding use of your time on earth.
What is it that makes that particular game worth the candle?
I'm thinking that the real win might be to know when to walk away. I don't mean to undervalue or undermine your efforts, just to understand what makes this so fundamentally important to you.
chrishayes
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"Another example of how the Internet is becoming regionalized. The USA, Europe, and China, with a few more subsets in the mix.
I tried to access stevespages through various VPN sites in the USA, but they were all blocked, so I have to say that chrishayes is making a very determined effort to limit access to the website."
Believe me, I would MUCH rather not have been forced to go down this road. Until the Iran debacle I had left the site open to the world. One Iran found the site and began malicious activity, I had not choice but to either pull the site completely or start limiting traffic. VPNs were the first to get deliberately blocked. VPNs represent a means of hiding identity and in this case it's not acceptable. Since this happened I must know or speak to every single person that gets in. And I am VERY happy to say that last year was the first in 24 years that the site actually covered it's own expense! That means if I kick the bucket me wife will be able to find someone to take it over. If it were still a cash blackhole, it would be near impossible.
"No point in having the site then if no one has accsess? Always wondered what happened with it."
Lots have access. The largest single group of subscribers are city/county/state law enforcement forensic firearms labs. Next would likely be hunters then gunshops and gunsmiths followed by sportsmen. So yes, there is a point. Most all applaud the site is now subscription and say it should have happened a long time ago. There are a few who whine and complain about $12/yr. Those are the same jackwads that blow $100 every weekend on .223 ammo. They think it's fine as long as someone else pays for it. Hmmm... Stress... not particularly. I did this for 30 years professionally so nothing new in that regard. It does however p*** me off that I had to do it at all. The filter build is almost complete. I would guess 2 or so, more months. Then the site can babysit itself.
"I would interested to hear from chrishayes what the original purpose of putting those manuals and other information on the World Wide Web was, and how that has changed now?"
I think the answer to this is already obvious. Where other than the WWW should they be? Global access WAS the intent by Steve and by me as well. After Steve passed, I kept it as open and free for 2.5 yrs. Only thing that changed was the neer-do-wells had to throw a wrench in the gears. Certainly not my fault not yours. Still, it required addressing and if I don't want it to be a lifelong battle, I have to limit traffic.
"I'm sorry it was Muir who triggered your wrath, however, as there are few members (perhaps no members) on here with as much firearms knowledge. But Muir is well up to fighting his own corner so I'll leave that there."
No wrath... but certainly a desire to nip false/bad info in the bud.
Now that the socialist factions have such great control in Europe and terrorist populace has spread, I doubt off country access will be restored.
I tried to access stevespages through various VPN sites in the USA, but they were all blocked, so I have to say that chrishayes is making a very determined effort to limit access to the website."
Believe me, I would MUCH rather not have been forced to go down this road. Until the Iran debacle I had left the site open to the world. One Iran found the site and began malicious activity, I had not choice but to either pull the site completely or start limiting traffic. VPNs were the first to get deliberately blocked. VPNs represent a means of hiding identity and in this case it's not acceptable. Since this happened I must know or speak to every single person that gets in. And I am VERY happy to say that last year was the first in 24 years that the site actually covered it's own expense! That means if I kick the bucket me wife will be able to find someone to take it over. If it were still a cash blackhole, it would be near impossible.
"No point in having the site then if no one has accsess? Always wondered what happened with it."
Lots have access. The largest single group of subscribers are city/county/state law enforcement forensic firearms labs. Next would likely be hunters then gunshops and gunsmiths followed by sportsmen. So yes, there is a point. Most all applaud the site is now subscription and say it should have happened a long time ago. There are a few who whine and complain about $12/yr. Those are the same jackwads that blow $100 every weekend on .223 ammo. They think it's fine as long as someone else pays for it. Hmmm... Stress... not particularly. I did this for 30 years professionally so nothing new in that regard. It does however p*** me off that I had to do it at all. The filter build is almost complete. I would guess 2 or so, more months. Then the site can babysit itself.
"I would interested to hear from chrishayes what the original purpose of putting those manuals and other information on the World Wide Web was, and how that has changed now?"
I think the answer to this is already obvious. Where other than the WWW should they be? Global access WAS the intent by Steve and by me as well. After Steve passed, I kept it as open and free for 2.5 yrs. Only thing that changed was the neer-do-wells had to throw a wrench in the gears. Certainly not my fault not yours. Still, it required addressing and if I don't want it to be a lifelong battle, I have to limit traffic.
"I'm sorry it was Muir who triggered your wrath, however, as there are few members (perhaps no members) on here with as much firearms knowledge. But Muir is well up to fighting his own corner so I'll leave that there."
No wrath... but certainly a desire to nip false/bad info in the bud.
Now that the socialist factions have such great control in Europe and terrorist populace has spread, I doubt off country access will be restored.
"I think the answer to this is already obvious. Where other than the WWW should they be? "
Well indeed. But surely you knew at the time that there were some unfriendly nations out there who did not have warm feelings towards the United States, who would be have access to this information. That has not changed. So, is it a case of naivety giving way to realism....? Did Iran actually try to close down the site...?
Well indeed. But surely you knew at the time that there were some unfriendly nations out there who did not have warm feelings towards the United States, who would be have access to this information. That has not changed. So, is it a case of naivety giving way to realism....? Did Iran actually try to close down the site...?
chrishayes
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"Well indeed. But surely you knew at the time that there were some unfriendly nations out there who did not have warm feelings towards the United States, who would be have access to this information. That has not changed. So, is it a case of naivety giving way to realism....? Did Iran actually try to close down the site...?"
No offense intended but this seems to be mostly a pointless question. Iran was after the military manuals. Content that had been on the site for MANY years with no issues. So no, this was not naivety but this part of your question seems to be. As far as the military content... to not protect that could be a federal crime here.
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No offense intended but this seems to be mostly a pointless question. Iran was after the military manuals. Content that had been on the site for MANY years with no issues. So no, this was not naivety but this part of your question seems to be. As far as the military content... to not protect that could be a federal crime here.
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