> > Is it still Debian if you replace the user space tools? > > Maybe so, but it's not something I would ever use. > Wait untill you build a firewall... If you like BSD better, then fine... but here at Debian we don't share your views. We build a very secure OS that is very well suited for any kind of task, including firewalls. I think you should be in a BSD mailing-list advocating dpkg, not in a Debian list advocating BSD.