ADSL Gateway with dhcp, masquerading, web filtering onto wireless gateway
I have been asked to setup a system for a church.
They currenly have an oldish dell desktop running windows.
I am thinking of putting Debian on it.
They have the following requirements.
o Connected to the internet via ADSL. The subscription (probably Wanadoo
in the UK) will come with a cheap USB adsl modem which for cost reasons
I would like to use. Is this sensible?
o Internet accessible file storage. I can only think of running a FTP
server, but aren't these insecure? Do they still use plain text
passwords? I want to avoid SCP since windows users can't access it
without downloading more software. FTP can be accessed through their
existing file browsers.
o Is Debian sarge okay or should I really stick with woody? They might
want to still do some desktop work on the machine and Gnome 1.4 really
isn't that great.
o Gateway to a wireless network. I have a cheap wireless gateway to
connect to the ethernet port of the Dell. What packages should I install
to get masquerading, dhcp, etc
o Web filtering. I assume I should use squid and some filter plug-in. Or
perhaps there is some free proxy out on the internet somewhere? Can I
lock all html stuff on the computer and the wireless subnet to go
through the proxy wherever it is? I don't want users to bypass the filter.
Advice about recommended packages to install and howtos for
configuration would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Tim.
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