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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=151143114-07112005>By
"content filtering", I'm assuming you mean web content. Easiest
thing I've found is IPCop, <A href="http://www.ipcop.org">www.ipcop.org</A>, for
firewall, Squid proxy (content filtering), basic server add-ons available
for all kinds of stuff, but I'd recommend seperating that stuff to another
server. If you use Squid, you will need a little more ram than a
basic IPCop box. I'd say any where from 64 or 128 MB on up.
This and the processor required is dependent on the number of
clients. For the 20-30 clients you could try a Pentium I or II, say
up to a 500MHz and start with 128 or 256 MB. Also you will need a
hard drive from 2GB on up to 10GB. If you had several older boxes
that are exactly alike, I'd recycle them into a IPCop box and a cold
spare. You could probably have the spare up in 10-30 minutes if you had to
do updates or duplicate some network changes.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=151143114-07112005>In
reality, you could use ANY Linux distro and just add a second NIC, Squid proxy
and NAT, but why make extra work for yourself? There are free appliance
-like Linux distros, but this is one I'm familiar with and have used for over 2
years.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=151143114-07112005><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Brian
Kelsay</FONT></SPAN></DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->
<P><FONT size=2>*******************************************<BR>If the automobile
had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would
today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year,
killing everyone inside. - Robert X. Cringely<BR></FONT></P>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <B>On
Behalf Of </B>Denise Owen<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 07, 2005 6:06
AM<BR><B>To:</B> kclug@kclug.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Content filtering
applicance<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am looking for an application to
filter the content for a small school I have been working with. It looks
like the best solution would be the appliance/software combination. I
thought maybe someone might have some recommendations. I know that the
budget is very limited. The school only has 25 to 30 computers at the
present time and probably won’t ever have more than 40 to
50.</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Thanks</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Denise</SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>