On Tue Dec 04, 2001 at 07:40:35AM +0100, Oden Eriksson wrote: > > Can you use php with tux? I have to admit, I don't know the first > > thing about tux as I've never looked at it. But having a web server > > in kernel-land just strikes me as being really really wrong for some > > reason... > > > > My impression is that the kernel was supposed to do kernel-ish > > stuff... I mean, granted, the Windows kernel includes Internet > > Explorer, but that's different... it's just a browser. =) (just kidding) > > Then we shouldn't have any graphic driver stuff in the kernel either...
Graphic drivers are different. How else am I supposed to have my screen in 1024x768 mode upon boot? What I'm saying is that a web server in the kernel seems frivolous and rather scary. I mean, imagine there is a problem in the tux server, since it's right in kernel code does this mean an attacker may be able to directly mess with your kernel or other things attributed to the kernel? But, even then, what if this starts a trend? Do we expect to see an FTP server, dns server, a proxy server, in the kernel next? Scares me. > I'm just very impressed of the tests that have been made which says tux > outperforms everything else... And, as there now is a cgi handling module in > tux it is really neat. Any unknown request's beeing passed to apache (or > whatever) if it's there, php stuff for instance. It can even do virtual > hosting. Can tux be built as a module for the kernel? If that's possible, then it would be cool, but I don't really want a web server in my kernel... I like my kernels as slim as possible. -- OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD Current Linux kernel 2.4.8-34.1mdk uptime: 16 days 1 hour 33 minutes.
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