Apache as a router interface

I've posted topics similar to this at arstechnica, but had no clear answer, or any good advice.

Setup:
Red Hat GNU/Linux 7.0 (kernel 2.2.16-22, 2.4.5, 2.4.7)

What I need to do is setup a SIMPLE interface which will do the following:

1) Start/Stop PPP
2) Start/Stop Firewalling
3) link to telnet into computer

Now, this will be setup on my firewall which allows connections to the server at <localnetIP>:83 and ONLY allows connections through eth0 and lo.

Any ideas on how to go about doing this?

Also, if I am posting this in the wrong forum, please let me know as I am VERY new to devshed (2nd post)

>> if I am posting this in the wrong forum

Yes, you should go -> http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/.../ultimatebb.cgi

And your message is somehow off-topic here. You just need to write CGI scripts and perform the tasks you wanted. The only possible thing this message has something to do with Apache is: How to execute CGI scripts which need root-privilege when Apache is running as nobody? The answer to this -> Run suid root CGI scripts. Chmod your scripts 4755 (-rwsr-xr-x) owned and grouped by root.

>> 3) link to telnet into computer

Don't understand what you mean.

Anyhow, for this kind of highly customized CGI scripts, you either have to write it yourself or hire someone to do it for you. And that's why you didn't get answer from arstechnica because there is no free lunch on the internet.