Hi Bob,

Tuesday, June 27, 2006, 11:04:14 AM, you 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.
<snip!>
> 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

Okay, please pardon my slowness. Your first suggestion is setting up a
server, and routing all the traffic through that server - much like
Herbert's VPN server but using a Perl script rather than a VPN server?

As to the second, if anyone has any contacts, I would appreciate them.
I did respond off-list to Dave Lag regarding his contacts as well. I
will try to google "Perl server ISP" and see what comes up.

I have to go to a meeting, and won't be able to respond much more
today, but I expect to be back tomorrow.

-- 
Best regards,
Patrick Murphy
James Valley Colony
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