[ale] kernel funness?

[Jonathan Rickman]

On Tuesday 02 September 2003 17:38, Stephen Turner wrote:
> hey i seem to recall in a magazine or something reading about a web
> server embedded in the kernel. has anyone done such a thing and is it a
> good idea/performs well? i was thinking a small embedded kernel and not
> much else would be nice if i could get a console (which i seem to recal
> kernel will give one) a webserver and some security like ipchains or
> somthing

khttpd is a loadable kernel module that provides limited webserver 
functionality. Very basic, but it works and is pretty fast. However, some 
things are better left in userland. Web servers have no business living in 
kernel space IMHO. It's there for some reason and has obviously been 
approved by Linus, but I can't imagine why. Maybe someone else can 
enlighten us all as to the advantages of such a setup.

-- 
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net


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