Tuesday, September 16, 2003, 9:55:28 PM, you wrote: JL> Cedric Blancher wrote: JL> What would be the benefit in configuring a system like this? It seems to JL> run contrary to the evolution of IT appliances where you can configure JL> and manage everything usually without restarting (firewalls, switches, JL> print servers, even ups units). I don't get it ;-) The benefit is that the system can never be exposed, no userspace task can run, its only the kernel with its power of networking. P.Krumins