>it's relatively inexpensive as you can just use any old computer
>as a gateway.. install a special firewall linux distribution like

That was my thought as well. With a bit of web programming on it they could
even update the white and black lists themselves, and have a means of
sending updates around the other similar machines at the other communities,
possibly by email or some form of auto-update.

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