Aaron wrote:
> Patrick Murphy wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi everyone,
>> I have been asked to help come up with a "content-managed" Internet
>> solution for a few dozen Hutterite colonies in southern Manitoba,
>> Canada, and also for colonies in the midwestern USA; a total of
>> perhaps 50 to 75 colonies in North America. The Internet use would be
>> to have access to email and to a specific, limited list of sites.
>>  
>>
>>     
> Patrick,
>
> I read your posts and the subsequent follow-ups with great interest.
>
> I have a backgroup with a group of Christain 'plain-people' that is also 
> seeking to understand how to deal with the internet.   If you are 
> interested, I would like to discuss this in greater detail off-list.
>
> Aaron
>   
I believe that this can be done by writing a Perl script and running it 
on an Apache server. The script
could restrict access to acceptable sites and email only. It will have 
to be well-written to prevent bogging
down the server.

For those few users, a small server site, say in a home or church could 
do the job, as long as a T1 was
available, with as few as two UNIX PCs. In essence, people would dialup 
or access that server only,
and it would provide that service. But in my opinion, such a server 
would do well financially, as the open
web is a cesspool of filth.

The reason I say this is that a few years ago, a small office complex 
had its own servers & ISP, and it
totally rejected porn sites automatically for everyone in the office 
complex, and I saw it work, down in
a Melbourne, FL suburb.

Carrying this further, there ARE ISP's that might perform this service 
for you, creating, running and maintaining
the script, for an extra fee.  Ask around, especially servers that are 
managed by Perl programmers.

--Bob
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