Hi,

I'm a complete newbie concerning PC-based Linux-Routers, so please tell me
in case my questions are trivial.
My questions:

- would it be possible to use the same machine that is running the router
as a 'public' (for my intranet) place to leave e.g. patches, driver updates
or other useful files on?
- is it possible to require an authentication for outgoing traffic at a
rate of, let's say, once per day?

Feel free to reply with a definitive 'no'/'yes, rtfm!' at this point,
although I would appreciate any hint on where to find the 'fine manual' on
that.
Those asking 'why the hell do you want to?' may read on.

My scenario is this: I'm living in a students dormitory, and we recently
got equipped with a 100Mbps LAN. Shortly, we'll also get a 2Mbps internet
link, requiring a router. I want to have a firewall in place, would like to
have the aforementioned public directorys available and additionally, need
a way to reliably identify the users, because the management of the
dormitory wants to be able to track down possible misuse. Our ISP could
only track IP and (possibly) MAC adresses, but I think that both are not
reliable enough in case official investigations should occur (or are
they?).
After all, I would like to save all the other users from having their
computers searched or seized, just because some stupid amateur believes he
will not
get caught.

Please tell me if this could work (and perhaps give me a brief hint?), or
suggest a better solution under the given circumstances.
Thanks in advance to you all,

Björn Snippe
Hannover, Germany



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