Re: CODA + portmapper == insecure?

[Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya doug

donno if the more secure rpc/portmap will solve your problem or not

http://www.linux-sec.net/Harden/services.gwif.html
	- see the bottom of the page

have fun
alvin


On 3 Sep 2001, Doug Alcorn wrote:

> I'm interested in doing CODA file system over the internet.  It has
> all the features of a networked filesystem that I'm interested in.
> The only problem seems to be that it requires the use of the
> portmapper.  From my NFS day, I seem to remember that portmapper is
> insecure.  Is this true?  Is CODA itself secure?  It seems to use
> kerberos for authentication.  Is there some way for it to use ssh port
> forwarding instead?