Thanks for the clarification on kernel modules and memory usage everyone. I understand what the kernel modules are for, and how to use them, but was concerned about memory usage. One question on the modules though, if a module is enabled, but unused does that pose more of a security risk than a monolithic kernel where the modules are not compiled in? I'll be loading things as modules primarily, but was curious about security aspects. Scot had mentioned about not compiling modules in and using a monolithic kernel if I understood it correctly on something such as a firewall. -- Shawn "Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear." -Mark Twain Ne Obliviscaris -- "Forget Not" _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list