On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Ed Lawson wrote:
> I recently talked to a school administrator about issues surrounding
> filtering software which is a hot topic with them due to a recent NH
> case and the new federal law. During the convesation, he mentioned they
> had one box running Linux and the rest NT with the intention of turning
> the Linux box into NT soon. I asked about cost, etc. and the answer was
> a little suprising. He said cost was not an issue for NT since the
> software from MS could be obtained for little cost and it was easy to
> obtain MS certified people. On the other hand Linux knowledgeable
> people were hard to find, more expensive, and he thought it would be
> hard for the current staff to learn Linux. Seems a project for GNHLUG
> or someone would be to provide educational and non-profit groups with
> suffieient training to get them on their feet using Linux. Anyone
> interested? I assume a cost-benefit case can be made for Linux as
> opposed to NT if the staffing issue is resolved.
>
> Ed Lawson
Ed,
I'm a bit surprised to hear that the MS solution is cheap. Last time I
checked Win95 was real cheap per seat, Win98 wasn't. Neither was NT.
Perhaps the person you talked to was going to use a win9* box for the
filter? I help a small school with their internet connection, they use
win95 for the desktop with nt for domain control. They have a Vitts ADSL
connection (has been a good performer) with 6 routed IPs. The firewall and
mail/web servers are FreeBSD. All of the inside addresses use NAT on the
firewall with 4 addrs available for mapping should a classroom need to
become directly connected. I'd be interested in donating some cycles if
others also want to piece together a template for a generic web proxy
filter/server.
Will Flagg
TFF Technologies, Ltd
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