> >No, you are wrong, a kernel stack properly done is easily ripped > > out. > Easily ripped out by whom=3F Kernel developers, perhaps :-) > Personally, Depends on how the stack is integrated in the kernel - you'll either have to set a build option or just don't have to install the modules. Hm, a build option should do it both... > >And you don't have to use it for networking at all. You could still > >(and indeed, can) run net=3D5Fserver on a BONE BeOS system. > I'll be the first to say that I'm no expert on either kernels or > network stacks :) How does one bypass the built-in network stack in > the > kernel=3F You just don't use it. Nobody forces you to use it. If you are not firing up a interface in BONE, the network card is unused and can be used by every other application. To have a full server replacement, you'd also have to replace the network libraries the applications link against. Adios... Axel.