So far...

15 out of 50 decided that they were not expert enouh
27 out of 35 have answered the first question
1 out of 27 have answered the second question
0 out of 1 have answered the third question
0 out of 0 have answered the fourth
0 out of 0 have answered th fifth and last question

The really interesting thing is the diversity of the answers, it doesn't seem that there are no widely accepted methods of doing what i asked in the first question. Many users have cited development/research level solutions, but stating that these shouldn't be trusted in professional environments, others mention these solutions as being just fine. Lastly some just stated that my requirements are wrong... always an interesting aproach.

This conflicting data already has me seeing why I think Linux doesn't meet my needs. Conflicting information leaves me clueless as to who or what I should trust and as a security professional, I always go with the lowest appraisal. That way at least I'll error on the safe side.

All that side... one expert told me that what I was asking isn't even theoretically possible given the structure of Linux and that is why all the solutions never make it out of the research phase. He had some interesting alternative solutions that I will address in the paper.

Thanks again to everyone that is contributing. Don't worry, once I get all the answers from each question, I'll post them... let you all see if you can come to an agreement.

cheers,

catch