Andreas Parsch wrote in message ...
Hi,

until very recently, the U.S. DOD's directives and instructions could
be downloaded by the general public from

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives .

Now it says "Only authorized .mil/.gov domains are allowed access to
this site."

Does anyone know why the access was restricted? Or is there a new URL
where I can access the documents? Thanks in advance!

Andreas

Probably for the same reasons that many .mil sites have been
restricted--to reduce the availability of sensitive information to
those who have ulterior motives, and to make it a bit more difficult
for hackers. The Army restricted online access to "Engineer", a
professional quarterly bulleting for military engineers, a couple of
years ago, but some of the other branch professional bulletins
remained available online the last time I checked, so there appears to
be little rhyme or reason to the process of determining which .mil
sites are restricted, and instead it apparently is determined by local
information managers with no set higher policy in evidence.

Brooks