JvK> Just a small note on 'corba & security' : I didn't say corba JvK> is secure, I said we need a security mechanism, implemented JvK> by corba. But the actual security has nothing to do with JvK> corba. Corba just gives the option to do thing right. That is correct. There are ways to achieve comparable methods (SSL, etc) with the other approaches, however they aren't (and there aren't) "standards". I believe there is a freely usable CORBA-security implementation; I'll have to look up my mail archives for the exact location. (currently, I've done most of my work/experiments with Java/ORBacus, but have looked at Orbit/PyOrbit for various reasons). best, -tony -- A.J. Rossini Research Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Biostatistics/Univ. of Washington (Th) Box 357232 206-543-1044 (3286=fax) Center for AIDS Research/HMC/UW (M/F) Box 359931 206-731-3647 (3693=fax) VTN/SCHARP/FHCRC (Tu/W) Box 358080 206-667-7025 (4812=fax) rossini@(biostat.washington.edu|u.washington.edu|scharp.org) http://www.biostat.washington.edu/~rossini