Using Server X as a screen for inside network?

I searched for information on this and wasn't able to turn up anything useful, but it's possible I missed it, so pardon me if I'm bringing something up that's already discussed at length and just point me in the right direction.
I'm managing a small network that operates a radio station's automation software. It is the desire of the managers to keep this system isolated to keep it from coming under attack and to keep the music from getting stolen. (the automation computers and servers are PC WXP) However, I need to have some access to certain things on the outside, and I'm having trouble figuring out how to make that work. At this point, I have two requirements:
1. FTP Server that is accessable from the outside, and from the inside without exposing the inside to the outside.
2. Access to an online database (for song info,titles, etc, basically like CDDB), again without exposing the inside computers to the outside.
My idea is to set up a mac with OSX Server on it with two NIC and have it run the ftp server. Then to use it as a "screen" for accessing the music database, like a proxy server or something.
I hope what I'm getting at is clear here.
Any ideas, suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Radio Josh

VPN on the really simple side is a key system to a locked door. That door being the firewall. What is on the other side? Your whole network as if you where plugged in right next to your PC's except for LAN speed you get WAN speed, lol.
Now on the surface that may sound dangerous but VPN's provide a very secure way to get access to your network of PC's behind the firewall. On some firewalls they can be a bit tricky to setup but nowadays firewalls have it so a kid can set it up.
On the firewall you set the Virtually Private Network (VPN) up and you will in the process generate a "key". You then use this key w/software or OS add-on that will allow you from your home PC to get to the firewall and see the other side. Then you can connect to any local PC in the office that is setup to let you.
Hope that clears it up for you.
BTW, If at some later date you where planning on doing web-hosting for the office, e-mail hosting, database shares, Calendar collaboration, or any other type of server related thinks I would say get OS X Server cause it can do just about everything.

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